Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
Nepal: A convicted rhino poacher, who was on the run for years, has been recently arrested and sent to the jail. On May 30, 2012, the Chitwan National Park had convicted Durga Rana Magar along with Khadga Narayan Mahato of poaching a one-horned rhinoceros and trading on the pachyderm’s precious horn. A case against…
Read updateIndia: Border Security Force personnel on Saturday seized 49 exotic South American parrots from West Bengal's Nadia district, an official said. Acting on a tip off about bird smuggling, the BSF troopers of Maluapara outpost under Nadia's Krishnanagar sector, raided an abandoned house and seized the rare birds whose…
Read updateIndia: Despite the fact that it is illegal to buy, sell or keep parrots captive, these birds are still widely sold and kept as pets in the city. In the last five years, as many as 482 parrots have been rescued across Mumbai — that's an average of 96 parrots a year. In fact, according to data from the government-run…
Read updateNepal: Police personnel from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police have arrested two suspected smugglers in possession of a bear’s gall bladder from Guhyeshwori, KMC-8 in the Capital on Thursday. The arrested are Bam Bahadur Tamang (34) of Sangpang-6, Bhojpur and Surya Shrestha (32) of Lampantar-4,…
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Nepal: A team of Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police led by Sub-Inspector Birendra Johari arrested a man with a tiger’s skin (about 10 feet) from Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City of Kailali district on Friday. The arrestee has been identified as 18-year-old Sanam Jagri alias Sanam Jayakar of Parshuram…
Read updateNepal: Police arrested three persons in possession of a gall bladder of Himalayan black bear from Thulobharyang, Swayambhu in KMC-15 on Wednesday. The arrestees have been identified as Guna Dangol (47) of Khokana in Lalitpur district, Sonam Tamang (26) of Ralukadevi in Nuwakot district and Durga Bahadur Tamang (35)…
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India: In an ominous sign for big cat protection efforts, a gigantic Royal Bengal tiger skin and over 200 pieces of skeletal bones were seized while being smuggled across the vulnerable Assam-Arunachal border on Saturday. The Guwahati (Assam) unit of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) made a surprise raid at a…
Read updateIndia: The City Crime Branch (CCB) police have arrested three persons trying to sell deer horns in the city on Monday. They seized 56 horns from the trio. The police suspect there is a big gang killing wild animals to make easy money. Based on a tip-off that some persons were selling deer horns, a police team rushed…
Read updateIndia The Special Task Force of the forest department and Bokakhat Police arrested two poachers, including a student, from the Kamargaon area in Golaghat district, some 280 km from here on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, security sleuths nabbed the duo while they were heading towards Kaziranga National Park's…
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