Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
Nepal: Two people have been arrested in possession of leopard skin from Lamahi bazaar on Wednesday. Those arrested are Tek Bahadur KC of Sisahaniya-1 and Mukta Bahadur Thapa of Lalmatiya-8 in the district, according to police. They were arrested acting on a tip-off, said Police Inspector at the Ward Police Office in…
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India: Seventy-five rose ringed parakeets that were rescued from pet stores, pet bird traders, soothsayers, and residents in the last couple of months were on Tuesday released at Narasampathi Tank, near Veerakeralam, on the outskirts of the city. It was part of the wildlife week and world animal day celebrations…
Read updateIndia: Railway Police Force (RPF) patrolling Dadar station were in for a surprise when they broke open an unclaimed bag on board the Pushpak Express, travelling from Uttar Pradesh, after it arrived at Dadar station's platform number 6 on Saturday evening. RPF personnel found a creep of 80 Indian tent turtles,…
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Pakistan: In another major breakthrough, the wildlife department confiscated more than 300 live freshwater turtles on Thursday evening and arrested four men in Shaheed Benazirabad district. Speaking to Dawn, officials said the turtles, identified as black pond species (Geoclemys hamiltonii), were seized during a…
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Bangladesh: Wildlife Crime Control Unit of the Bangladesh Forest Department seized more than 600 birds of different species from Zirabo area of Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, early today. Tipped off, a WCCU team arrested one Lal Mia when he got down from a Dhaka-bound bus along with bird cages at Zirabo Bus Stand…
Read updateBangladesh: Ashim Mollick, inspector of Bangladesh Forest Department's wildlife crime prevention unit, told bdnews24.com that officers arrested Lal Miya, 35, in a drive conducted on a tip off at Savar's Zirabo around 2:30am on Wednesday. On the basis of information from him, police seized more than 600 birds…
Read updateIndia: Assam police on Sunday had apprehended three rhino poachers from Assam’s Nagaon district, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and Special Task Force (STF) apprehended the poachers from Dhing area in Nagaon district. IRs 1,46,500 cash also seized from the apprehended poachers. The trio…
Read updateIndia: Forest Department officers on Saturday arrested Madurai Alaganallur resident Karuppanna, 63, suspected to be the kingpin in a racket involved in trade of tiger skin. The arrest was made after the officers found a tiger skin in a car that was intercepted late Thursday. Three persons who were travelling in the…
Read updateIndia: Foresters in Belgavi and Dandeli have stumbled upon a major wildlife racket involving pangolin (ant eater) meat and scales. In separate raids in the last two days, sleuths have arrested six people and have recovered 13 kg of pangolin scales and 15 kg of meat. Pangolin scales are in high demand from traditional…
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