Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: The Forest Department arrested a man, identified as Somra Munda, on the charge of bison hunting. Cooked as well as raw bison meat was recovered from his house. Reportedly, a sniffer dog Orlando from Gorumara National Park was used to track the accused. The arrested individual was produced before the Jalpaiguri…
Read updateHyderabad: In an week long undercover operation covering Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, the Telangana forest officers have nabbed 12 members of an interstate gang and seized four kilograms of Pangolin scales from them. It is suspected that the gang might have killed at least four pangolins in Dammapet forest…
Read updateIndia: The Forest Department officials from Shahpur have arrested five people from Kasara near Igatpuri who had entered the forest with an intention of poaching. A few days ago, Range Forest Official Prashant Deshmukh received a tip-off from his sources that some people were going to enter the forest with an…
Read updateIndia: The Mysuru Forest Mobile Squad has arrested two persons and seized a tiger pelt from them yesterday. Deputy Conservator of Forests A.T. Poovaiah, who led the team, said that they arrested Akash Rao and Vishnu, who are in their twenties, and seized the tiger pelt. Both are from Santhemala near Krishna Raja…
Read updateIndia: In yet another major success in rescue of wildlife, personnel of Assam’s Cachar Forest Division, Silchar intercepted a vehicle at Lailapur Forest Sub Beat carrying consignment of exotic wildlife. The Forest authorities disclosed that a truck bearing registration No TS 08 UB 1622 coming from Mizoram side was…
Read updateIndia: With Covid restricting activities, many people living near forests have turned into a problem for the forest department, as the number of poaching cases touches a record in Karnataka. However, Sirsi forest division, taking such activities in their stride, has formed six ‘Kaal Bhairava’ day/night patrol teams…
Read updateIndia: Kalmeshwar forestmen arrested two accused for carrying 2.50 kg flesh of wild boar, one dead Barnowls Tytonknae and one monitor lizard below the seats of an autorickshaw and seized the auto and materials used for the purpose on Monday. On a tip-off that one autorickshaw was going by carrying animals from Ghorad…
Read updateIndia: According to WCCB Jabalpur, during a special campaign against poaching and illegal trade of wildlife under the direction of In-charge officer of STF (Wildlife), Madhya Pradesh and Abhijit Roy Choudhary, Regional Deputy Director, WCCB Jabalpur, they received a tip-off that some persons were trying to sell…
Read updateIndia: The Haldia Forest Range official arrested a poacher from the Haldia forest area under Chandka Wildlife Division. The arrested has been identified as Dhaneshwar Jena (28) of Tangiapada in Khordha district. The forest officials seized deer skin and a motorcycle from his possession. According to forest…
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