Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: An astrologer was arrested for allegedly selling elephant pearl on a website claiming it can change the fate of a person from misery to happiness, a West Bengal forest department official said. "He was arrested for selling Gazmukta or pearl made of elephant skull bone through a website claiming that it can…
Read updateIndia: Friday was a bad day for tigers. While one tiger was poached, a problem tigress was captured and relocated to little known Chaprala wildlife sanctuary (134sqkm) in Gadchiroli. Wildlife Institute of India (WII) team led by Dr Bilal Habib, Dr Parag Nigam and a couple of researchers tracked the problem tigress of…
Read updateNepal: Police on Friday arrested a 20-year-old man from Kapan of Kathmandu in possession of a red panda hide. A team deployed from the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police arrested Nabin Rai (20), a permanent resident of Taksindu-1 of Solukhumbu district from Kapan, Budhanilakantha-14 today. The CIB was…
Read updateIndia: Marine Police of Coastal Security Group (CSG) have seized 200 kg of endangered sea cucumbers, protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and detained three persons who had procured the species from fishermen at the behest of smugglers. Acting on a tip-off, a special police team, led by…
Read updateIndia: Wildlife officials on Tuesday arrested two persons for killing a leopard in Talpada area of Rairangpur division in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district. Official sources said the leopard's skin and a country-made gun have been seized. The leopard was killed on Sunday night and the wildlife…
Read updateIndia: Manas National Park authority and police recovered a tiger skin and arrested three persons on Tuesday in connection with poisoning of a big cat last week. The recovery was made from Betbari, an encroached area under Bhuyapara range of the park. The forest and police team got the tip-off of the tiger skin…
Read updateIndia: Two poachers were killed and a cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from them by forest guards inside Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. According to Forest Department officials, two poachers were shot dead by the forest protection force last night at Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. A gang of poachers entered…
Read updateIndia: Police apprehended at least seven suspected poachers in two separate incidents on Thursday. While three persons were held with a rhino horn in Pathsala town in lower Assam's Barpeta district, four others were arrested in Karbi Anglong district. The trio held in Pathsala were arrested while they were on their…
Read updateIndia: In a major breakthrough, a suspected rhino horn was recovered by police and three persons were arrested in this connection, last night. Following a tip-off, the police under the leadership of Ramandeep Kaur, SDPO, Bajali and with the help of CRPF 10 Bn carried out the operation and recovered a rhino horn from…
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