Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: Stepped up vigilance in the State’s forests resulted in a poacher being caught red-handed in Medak district on Tuesday. The man, whose name was not released immediately by Forest Department officials, was caught while he was cutting up a freshly killed Chital stag in Gajireddypalli village of the district.…
Read updateNepal: A joint police team of Metropolitan Police Ranipokhari and Metropolitan Police Area Office Chalnakhel arrested two persons with 56 pieces of Tiger bones from a house of Sabita Lama in Chalnakhel, Dachhinkali Municipality ward . According to Metropolitan Police Ranipokhari, the joint teak also arrested Ajaya…
Read updateIndia: Had it been alive, the four-year-old tiger which was killed by poachers could have been known as ‘Bahubali 3’. The Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society had suggested to the forest department to name it Bahubali 3. Its movement was last captured in a camera trap on December 15, 2018, in Khanapur division of…
Read updateIndia: There were reports against some pooja product sellers who were selling products made from wild life. Forest department team along with police teams raided shops in Pansariyon ki Ol in Dhanmandi area. These shops have been famous for selling pooja related products. Dhanmadi police and forest department raided…
Read updateIndia: The city crime branch unit III sleuths have arrested a 29-year-old man who was in possession with two Indian star tortoises which is an endangered species protected under the Wildlife Protection Act. The reptile is popular in the exotic pet trade and black magic practices. According to inspector Dipak Nikam of…
Read updateIndia: A tiger hide, claws and other body parts of the wildcat were seized here in Madhya Pradesh and six persons were arrested in this connection, a police officer said Friday. The tiger was poisoned by a group of poachers in a reserve in the state a few years ago, he said. "On a tip-off, we arrested a person…
Read updateIndia: Four men suspected to be poachers were apprehended by the state forest department on the southern boundary of Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) on Wednesday. A net, an axe and nylon ropes were recovered from them. The men have been booked under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. (Source: The Times of India)
Read updateIndia: The Thane crime branch has arrested two people for allegedly possessing a pangolin, an endangered animal. Based on a tip-off, the police arrested Virar resident Sagar Pawar (33) and Raigad resident Abdul Jalil Yunus Mahamrut (54) from Dahisar Mori area on the Mumbra-Panvel highway. The Shil-Daighar police have…
Read updateIndia: Assam police arrested three rhino poachers from Amoni area in Nagaon district on Wednesday evening.The police also seized one vehicle and incriminating documents from the possession of the poachers. The arrested poachers are identified as Abdul Ali, Irfan Ali, Ahazuddin. The operation was carried out by police…
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