Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: Dhupdhora police on Thursday arrested six persons with two Tokay geckos (Gekko gecko), a nocturnal Asian lizard, from Assam-Meghalaya border in Goalpara district. The geckos were found in a bolero vehicle. The arrested five accused have been identified as Arponsh D Marak of South West Khasi Hills, Preton Marak…
Read updateIndia: That wildlife is being destructed in Assam has been proved yet again with the seizure of as many as five Indian softshell turtles (Nilssonia gangetica), or Ganges softshell turtle from a dhaba in Barpeta Town by the sleuths of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Guwahati with the help of personnel from the…
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Bangladesh: Rapid Action Battalion with the help of forest department rescued 1451 wild birds including some rare and endangered species in Feni Model Thana area in Feni early today. They later freed the birds following a press briefing in the district. Three alleged smugglers -- Ruhul Amin Sheikh, 32, Rony Talukder,…
Read updateIndia: The police on Wednesday arrested 53 red sanders smugglers and coolies while they were transporting the prized wood in various parts of Kadapa district. The police seized three vehicles, 26 cell phones and red sanders logs from the possession of the accused. This is the biggest clamp down on red sanders…
Read updateIndia: Twenty-nine tigers have died in poaching activities this year, the government on Tuesday said while asserting it has taken several steps for conservation and protection of the big cats. Till November 16 this year, 29 tigers have died due to poaching, 32 due to natural causes while 37 other cases are under…
Read updateIndia: Two persons were arrested in Bejjur of Komrum Bheem Asifabad district while they were attempting to transport a tiger skin. The seizure of the skin, believed to have been taken from a sub-adult male tiger about two years old, sent officials of the state wildlife department scrambling to check if it belonged to…
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Bangladesh: Forest department this afternoon rescued over two hundred migratory birds from Gouripur upazila in Mymensingh. “The birds were being sold at a market as food item in Shyambazar area,” Ashim Kumar, wild life inspector of the forest department, told The Daily Star. Tipped off, a team of forest department…
Read updateIndia: After over 18 months, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), western region, has nabbed kingpin of the international terrapin smuggling racket. On April 24, 2015, Air Intelligence Unit of CSI airport in Mumbai intercepted two Malaysia-bound passengers along with 161 live specimens of spotted black terrapin,…
Read updateNepal: Police have nabbed seven people for their alleged involvement in smuggling a red panda hide and a bear gall bladder, from Kathmandu on Tuesday. Police deployed from the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police arrested Phurpa Lama (24) and Pasang Lama (24) of Sindhupalchok and Shrawan Kumar Rajbanshi of…
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