Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
Dambulla, Sri Lanka: A total of 174 kilograms of bush meat was recovered from a restaurant near the Dambulla Economic Center after a raid conducted by wildlife officers attached to the Sigiriya Wildlife Office. They said two suspects were arrested during the raid yesterday (17), following information received from…
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Chitwan, Nepal: Chitwan National Park (CNP) officials have arrested four rhino horn smugglers who were absconding. They had smuggled the rhino horns at different times. They were charged with smuggling rhino horn by killing it in the Nandantal area on February 3, 2004. The District Court, Chitwan, had slapped 15…
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Kathmandu, Nepal: Wildlife animal parts have gone missing from Bardiya National Park‘s storage area. According to the park, 25 tiger jaws and one rhino horn have been missing from storage. This came to attention after Ashok Bhandari took over as the new park warden. However, sources say Bishnu Prasad Shrestha, the…
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Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Navy intercepted 03 dinghies while they were smuggling a large haul of sea cucumber weighing around 2032kg (wet weight), via sea. The apprehension was made off Uchchamunai, Kalpitiya, during a search operation carried out in the dark hours of 08th January 2024. The operation also led…
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Kolkata, India: The poaching of a Gangetic softshell turtle from Banabitan in Salt Lake’s Central Park was foiled by a birder on Sunday. The two men, allegedly trying to take the turtle out in a cement bag, had to let it go when the birder confronted them and refused to budge till it was set free. While the forest…
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Kapilbastu, Nepal: The police have seized red sandalwood worth Rs 16 million and 300 thousand from Buddhabhumi Municipality-1, Pattharkot, in Kapilvastu on Sunday afternoon. Acting on a tip-off, a police team deployed under the command of Deputy Superintendent of Police Ganga Bahadur Thapa from the District Police…
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Bhubaneswar, India:In a major crackdown on illegal possession of scheduled wildlife species and their unlawful display on social media, the Wildlife Wing of the Forest Department on Monday arrested a man from Bhadrak, with millions of followers on different digital platforms, for allegedly possessing two snakes and…
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Dhangadhi, Nepal: Five people were arrested in Kailali with fake currency, tiger bones and herbs. According to the police, they were arrested from Dhangarhi Sub Metropolitan City-4 Bus Park and 13 Rajpur. Deputy Superintendent of Police Ved Prakash Joshi said that 55-year-old Lal Bahadur Saund of Chure Rural…
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India: Two persons have been arrested for allegedly attempting to sell tiger skin in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, police said. Acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted a vehicle at Puriara bridge on Kanker-Dudhawa road yesterday evening and recovered the tiger’s skin, Kanker additional superintendent of police…
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