Wildlife Crime News
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India: Two persons were arrested today with body parts of a tiger they had allegedly poached in famous Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR), a Forest official said. "We arrested Dharmraj Dhamde (32) and Sunil Lilhere(22), both residents of Lalbara area in the district, on a tip off," said KTR official Sudhir Mishra. He said…
Read updateIndia: One of the absconding poachers in the Pench tiger killing case, Bhimrao Parteti, was nabbed on Tuesday. Parteti, a resident of Kolitmara, is one of the 16 accused on the run after Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court rejected their anticipatory bail. The accused was dramatically arrested from Salai village on…
Read updateIndia: A team of Badkot police and SOG late on Sunday arrested a smuggler with two leopard skins from the forest of Radi Top region in Uttarkashi district. The accused, Kedar Panwar, son of late Ram Singh, a resident Chopda village of Badkot region was going to Dehradun to sell the leopard skins, when he was nabbed…
Read updateIndia: Five villagers who allegedly trapped and killed a leopard in the jungles of Talasari in Palghar district in January have been arrested by the forest department. Deputy conservator of forests (Dahanu) Nanasaheb Ladkat said a few body parts of a leopard were seized from them. “These men hunt for wild boars by…
Read updateIndia: Special task force team of wildlife and police arrested a man for his alleged involvement in illegal trade of endangered turtles and reef-building corals through whats app. He brought illegal items from Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata and sold them here. The arrest was made by STF on March 7 after which a case was…
Read updateIndia: Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel seized two endangered lizard species specimens and arrested two persons from Kishanganj, close to the Indo-Bangladesh border, on Thursday evening. An SSB team led by assistant commandant Rajiv Rana intercepted Tarachand Oraon near the border. They were carrying two live…
Read updateIndia: The forest department at Bordi, Dahanu on Thursday arrested five poachers, almost 50 days after the carcass of an adult leopard was found in Vevji village in Talasari. The five men have been charged under section 50(1) of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. They were produced in the Dahanu court and have been…
Read updateIndia: Police have arrested two persons on the charges of poaching a pregnant deer and seized its meat from their residence at Nargaon village, here. According to police, the alleged accused was identified as Shaikh Asif Shaikh Chand (22) and his brother Shaikh Sajid (20), both residents of Naregaon village. Asif, an…
Read updateIndia: In a joint operation of Dalgaon Police and Forest Security Force had nabbed three poachers from village Nalbari close to Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve Park. The arrested poachers who along with other accomplices planned to sneak into the Park for poaching were identified by the police as Fazar Ali,…
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