Wildlife Crime News
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India Carcass of a two-year-old male leopard was found in an open land near a temple in the outskirts of Joravasan village in Valsad district on Wednesday. It was frothing at the mouth and also oozing blood besides its six claws were found to be missing. Residents of Joravasan village alerted the forest officials who…
Read updateIndia: The Thane Police Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested two persons for allegedly trying to smuggle two Earth Boa snakes in the market. An endangered species, the snakes are in high demand in the market for supersitions associated with it. Thane Crime Branch officers said the arrests were made by by the Unit I of…
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Sri Lanka: Wildlife officers yesterday seized several ornaments carved out of elephant tusks from the home of the Basnayake Nilame of the Kataragama Devalaya in Kandy. The officers had inspected the Basnayake Nilame’s house following a complaint that he owned ornaments made out of elephant tusks without a valid…
Read updateIndia: In a joint operation of UP STF and Forest Department, international wildlife smuggler Ajay Singh and his accomplice Deependra was arrested from Agra on Monday and 23 red crowned roof turtle (Batagur kachuga), popularly called `lal tilakdhari', were recovered from them. Poachers were transporting the turtles to…
Read updateIndia: In what has alerted the wildlife authorities in Assam, poachers on Friday killed yet another one-horn rhino in Orang National Park in Sonitpur district and chopped off its horn. Informing that carcass of the rhino, with its horn removed, was recovered near the Pisalmukh forest camp on Friday morning, wildlife…
Read updateIndia: The Arunachal Pradesh Police, Pasighat on Thursday arrested three persons for hunting of wild animals from the Daying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary. The arrested have been identified as Makpel Tayeng (38), Kutyan Daring (55) and Boleram Lego (45), all from Borguli village in East Siang district. The police,…
Read updateIndia: A joint team of the Gujarat police and the forest department shot dead a female sloth bear near Balaram Wildlife Sanctuary in North Gujarat. Deputy Conservator of Forest I.K. Barad said, “Since Sunday, the bear had killed three persons and injured five others in a series of attacks in Banaskantha district. Mr.…
Read updateNepal: Police have arrested three persons in possession of a red panda hide from Dang on Wednesday. The arrestees have been identified as Bharat Chaudhary (28) of Lumbini, Pratap Budhathoki (30) of Dang and Pun Raj Pun (64) of Rukum, confirmed DSP Bhuwaneswor Tiwari of the Dang District Police Office. Acting on a tip…
Read updateIndia: The number of Asiatic lions that have died due to unnatural causes like electrocution and drowning in wells has shot up significantly in Saurashtra. The damning numbers have been revealed in official data procured using Right to Information (RTI) tool.The data shows that of the 95 lions that died between April…
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