Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: The Tirupati urban police swooped down on a team of red sanders smugglers including a Chinese national, during a raid at Chaitanyapuram under Renigunta limits on Saturday evening. Kolluri Venkat Rao (32) alias K.V.R. Naidu alias Venkatesh, belonging to Dakkili mandal of Nellore district, believed to be the…
Read updateIndia: Among recovered wild cats one is being considered as Lynx while other is like Clouded Leopard, which is found in Himalayan valley. VARANASI: In a major haul the Mirzapur police on Sunday succeeded in nabbing a poacher and rescuing five wild cats. Among recovered wild cats one is being considered as Lynx while…
Read updateIndia: The Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) on Friday late night arrested an animal poacher from Didihat in Pithoragarh district and recovered four leopard skins from his possession having international market value worth Rs 12 lakh. While the arrested accused was identified as Jagdish Singh Keda, resident of…
Read updateIndia: The government today prohibited imports of skin and hides of reptiles, mink and fox amid growing awareness about protection of wildlife. Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in a notification said that import policy of some items under chapter 41 and 43 of ITC (HS) 2012 is revised. These chapters talk…
Read updateBangladesh: Border Guard Bangladesh-BGB seized two tokay geckos, smuggled from India, during separate drives at Machhimpur and Banstala borders in Sunamganj yesterday. The geckos, which are prohibited to catch and sell in order save the rare species, were handed over to forest division, said BGB officials, adding…
Read updateIndia: In one of the biggest seizures of freshwater turtles in the state, the forest department with the help of local cops seized more than 3,000 flapshell turtles, protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, in Burdwan since December 29. While 1850 turtles were sized on December 29, another 1625 were…
Read updateIndia: Two persons were arrested by Special Task Force of the Jakhalabondha Police force in collaboration with forest security force and Lahdoigarh police out post officials following a sting operation on the accused rhino-horn dealers. The police officials acted as a buyer of the valuable rhino horn in the sting…
Read updateNepal: Three people were arrested in possession of a red panda hide from Chuchepati of Kathmandu, on Tuesday. Shukra Thami (27), Shyam Kumar Tamang (27) and Lawa Tamang (30) of Dolakha were arrested for their alleged involvement in trading of the hide of the endangered species. Acting on a tip-off, a special team…
Read updateBangladesh: Residents of Khata Modhupur village under Saidpur upazila of the district yesterday caught a bird hunter red-handed and rescued some wild birds and seized bird catching traps from his possession. The hunter is Md Atiar Rahman, son of late Yakub Ali of Rambala village in the upazila. Chairman of Khata…
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