Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: Indian softshell turtle is considered to be vulnerable because of multiple threats to its survival such as loss of habitat, poaching and illegal trade. (Image used for representation)(HT photo) In a joint operation by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and the state forest department, 90 softshell turtles were…
Read updateIndia: Custom officials seized exotic pythons and lizards at Chennai international airport on Thursday. The officials arrested two persons in a case of smuggling after they recovered the exotic reptiles from their possession. The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Chennai Customs on Thursday, noticed two male passenger…
Read updateBangladesh: The elite police unit raided Samrat’s office in Kakrail and homes at Shantinagar and Mohakhali DOHS in the capital. He was jailed after the law enforcers found two hide skins of kangaroos at his office, RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam said. An operation was under way on Arman’s home at Mirpur as…
Read updateIndia: CISF personnel have apprehended a man and seized 49 kg of peacock feather from a Hong Kong-bound passenger at the Delhi airport, a senior official said on Thursday. He said Naseer Ansari (39) was intercepted at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday with three large bags containing peacock…
Read updateNepal: Police raided a house in Ramhiti of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-6, and arrested two persons with 83 kilograms of red sandalwood and 150 grams of yarsagumba. The suspects have been identified as the house owner Chyaba Lama, 60, and Yonden Gyamcho Tamang, 20, of Mugu. They have been kept in the custody of…
Read updateSri Lanka : SL Navy seized 7 Indian fishermen who poached in Sri Lankan waters with their trawler, on 12th August 2019.These fishermen were apprehended during a patrol carried out by Northern Naval Command in the seas North west of Delft lighthouse while engaged in illegal fishing .The seized fishermen along with the…
Read updateIndia: Two persons were arrested in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district Thursday after pictures of the blackbuck they had killed went viral on social media, police said. According to an official of Virgaon police station, the accused killed the animal, a protected species, at Shirasgaon in Vaijapur tehsil. They planned…
Read updateIndia: In an operation by the Kurukshetra wildlife officers, on the basis of specific inputs from the Wildlife Crime Control Branch (WCCB) Haryana and wildlife officer Panchkula, two hunters were caught in Raduar area of Yamunanagar district on Friday night. The wildlife officials said that seven accomplices of the…
Read updateIndia: Based on intelligence input, Biswanath district police had launched operation about information that, two youths were trying to sell a tokay gecko to a party of Arunachal Pradesh. Police had intercepted a motorcycle at Biswanath Chariali area and arrested two persons and seized a tokay gecko in possession from…
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