Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: Two persons were arrested in Vasai for allegedly trying to sell animal parts which police suspect are antique. Police seized five horns and tusks from the duo, which is estimated at around IRs 14.18 lakh. "Salim Tambe (45), who hails from Ratnagiri, and Gulamhussain alias Pappu Shamsuddin Shaikh (38), a local…
Read updateIndia: A team from Meerut divisional forest office and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau raided a house in Sotiganj and seized three owls, 14 parrots and 40 other wild birds — commonly known as muniya — on Wednesday morning. The team arrested one Shyam Kumar in connection with the case. The owls, which come under…
Read updateIndia: Chikkajala police have arrested four persons and have rescued a rare two-headed red sand boa, said to be worth more than Rs 1 crore in the illegal wildlife trade market. Police claimed that all four arrested were middlemen in a major smuggling racket involving rare animals. They would buy snakes from catchers…
Read updateIndia: Forest and Wildlife Department officials on Tuesday arrested Shaji, 48, of Kulathingal at Pulpally, on the charge of killing a cow elephant in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WSS). He is the kingpin of a poaching team, the officials said. The carcass of the elephant, aged 13, was found near the Sulthan…
Read updateIndia: Three poachers were arrested by security forces in Assam's East Karbi Anglong district today. Acting on a tip-off about movement of suspected militants in Rongmongwe area, army personnel deployed in the district launched an area domination since yesterday evening, a defence spokesperson said here. The security…
Read updateIndia: Madhya Pradesh forest officials on Tuesday arrested six people from the Kanha Tiger Reserve for allegedly poaching a tiger, cutting its four paws and a patch of its skin. On Saturday, the carcass of the six-eight years old male tiger was found in Khatiya range of the reserve, with four paws missing and its…
Read updateIndia: Carcass of an adult male rhino, killed by poachers and its horn taken away, was recovered at Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam Friday, taking the toll to 14 this year, a forest department official said. The carcass of the rhino riddled with bullets and its horn sawn off was recovered near Balipukhuri…
Read updateIndia: The Special Task Force of Uttarakhand police arrested two poachers and seized two leopard skins from their possession in Rishikesh area on Friday. Both the leopard skins are over 9 feet in length and worth Rs 12 lakh in the international market. Getting the information, an STF team led by Sub Inspector Santosh…
Read updateIndia: Five men involved in the illegal trade in wildlife parts, including tiger and leopard skins were sentenced to prison terms by the Kotagiri Judicial Magistrate Court here on Tuesday. Forest Department officials told The Hindu that the convictions were the result of meticulous field work done by the staff, who…
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