Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
Bangladesh: Members of Bangladesh Coastguard in a drive early yesterday seized 51 kilograms of venison from Kalirkhal area under Satkhira range near the Sundarbans. During the regular patrolling, a team of the coastguards, acting on a tip-off, conducted a drive in the area adjacent to the Sundarbans and seized the…
Read updateIndia: As many as four persons were arrested on charges of killing a tiger by poisoning near Sathyamangalam, even as Forest officials are on the lookout for five more persons in connection with this startling incident. The officials recently found the carcass of a tiger at Marikudi area near Thalamalai in…
Read updateIndia: In a joint operation, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) officials, with the help of Criminal Investigation Department sleuths, arrested a group of six people, including a constable with the Fire Services Department of Andhra Pradesh, who were trying to sell spotted deer skins on Wednesday. Acting on a…
Read updateIndia: Over 100 tortoises were seized today from a train and one person was arrested in this connection from Katihar railway junction, an official said. During checking in a general compartment of Ajmer-Kishanganj Garib Nawaz Express, the GRP men seized over 100 tortoises and nabbed the man, Railway Superintendent of…
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India: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence or DRI has arrested three people, including a Slovenian, for their alleged involvement in a major gunrunning and wildlife smuggling racket, after raids at national-level shooter's house in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut led to a haul of arms and animal meat. The accused were…
Read updateIndia: A Delhi court has sentenced two persons to three years of imprisonment for indulging in illicit trafficking of leopard skins from Karnal in Haryana to Sunder Nagar in Delhi. "Parliament, in bringing a new legislation for protection of wild life, was inspired by the urge to preserve what little is left of wild…
Read updateIndia: Poachers killed another one horned rhino in Assam’s Biswanath district. Forest guards on Sunday recovered a bullet injured, dehorned carcass of a male rhino at Modajir Tapu near Batimari in the northern Assam district. A top official of state forest department said that poachers had killed the rhino few days…
Read updateIndia: Security forces on Saturday arrested a six-member gang of poachers and illegal wildlife traders from central Assam's Nagaon district, officials said. They also recovered a rhino horn from the gang. Based on intelligence input provided by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, a Nagaon police team led by DSP…
Read updateIndia: The special operation group team of Pithoragarh police on Saturday seized an eight-foot-long leopard skin worth Rs 5-7 lakh, and arrested three people in this connection, who were on their way to Nepal via Didihat. Police have identified the accused as Ajay Singh of Didihat, Manohar Singh from Musiyari area…
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