Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: Three Bhutanese citizens were arrested in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district with an illegal consignment of a rhino horn and an elephant tusk, an official said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, forest officials conducted a search operation in Dooars area on Saturday and arrested the accused along with the rhino…
Read updateIndia: A team of official led by Beat Officer, Jeepghat Beat under Anchalghat Range Dy. FR, Orin Perme arrested five dreaded hunters from Sanyasi Tukura under Anchalghat Range on Saturday morning at the D. Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary here in East Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh. The arrest was made after…
Read updateIndia: Three poachers were caught red-handed laying traps for herbivorous animals in forests of Mailani range in the buffer zone of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, officials said Sunday. "The poachers were caught red-handed late on Saturday night when they were laying half a dozen 'khabars' (nets used to trap spotted deer,…
Read updateNepal: An investigation team from the District Police Office, Kailali, arrested a man in possession of a rhino horn from Dhangadhi Sub-metropolis on Tuesday. Chakra Bhandari, 51, was held with the horn weighing 1.29kg from Dhangadhi-5, Deputy Superintendent of Police Hari Bahadur Oli told media on Wednesday.…
Read updateIndia: In a joint operation, carried out by Forest officials and police, three poachers were nabbed at 2 No Bahikhowa villages in Bokakhat of Assam’s Golaghat district along with arms and ammunition on Wednesday night. Arms, ammunition and other equipment seized from the poachers. Photo: Northeast Now According to…
Read updateIndia: Even as dust on tiger deaths in Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary is yet to settle, tiger and leopard skins were seized by forest officials in two separate incidents in the region. In the first case, a tiger skin was seized by Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) officials near Chikhaldara on Monday night. Six persons…
Read updateIndia: A team Assam Forest Department and police officers on Friday night arrested seven people in the Kohora area of Kaziranga National Park and recovered a large quantity of tiger skin and body parts from them. Kaziranga officials said two persons were first arrested after a vehicle, based on intelligence inputs,…
Read updateIndia: Golfer Jyoti Randhawa was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly poaching in a forest range in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, known for its variety of endangered species, officials said. The international golfer and national shooter Mahesh Virajdar were arrested in Motipur range of Katerniaghat, said Ramesh…
Read updateIndia: Six months after pangolin scales were seized by the forest department in Mahanadi wildlife division, the Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch on Saturday seized two pangolins at Ambadiha in Mayurbhanj district and arrested four persons for trying to smuggle the mammals. Acting on a tip off, the STF…
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