Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: Recovery of three more carcasses of rhinos sans horn during the last 24 has added to woes of the flood-ravaged Kaziranga National Park (KNP) prompting the state forest minister Promila Rani Brahma to tender an apology before the people of Assam. Park sources informed that a female rhino and its calf were…
Read updateIndia: A one-horned rhino cow and her calf were killed by poachers inside the Kaziranga National Park, said park official on Wednesday. Park officials recovered the carcasses of the female rhino and its calf on Wednesday morning from Bagori range of the park. "The horn of the female rhino was missing while the calf…
Read updateIndia: A total of 3,000 live green tortoises worth Rs 30 lakhs were seized by customs officials early today from a passenger who arrived at Chennai international airport from Malaysia. The tortoises were found hidden in the suitcase of one Habeeb (48) of Ramanthapuram district during a search, the officials said.…
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Nepal: Makwanpur police has arrested two persons with a leopard’s hide. A joint team from Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of the Nepal Police and District Police Office, Makawanpur on Sunday arrested them from Dobhanchaur of Hetauda Sub Metropolitan City-25. According to DSP Bamdev Gautam of District Police…
Read updateIndia: The Forest Department personnel have seized 21 kgs of fresh sea cucumber, an endangered species, protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act. Acting on a tip off, a special team, led by S Ganeshalingam, Forest Ranger visited the Devipattinam coastal area on Monday and arrested one H Abdul Rahman…
Read updateIndia: The cams, set up to study animal behaviour, captured armed poachers with two country-made rifles As many as nine people were arrested from Sangameshwar in Ratnagiri district for allegedly poaching two mouse deer after they were caught moving around in the jungle by camera traps installed in Chandoli forests,…
Read updateIndia: Forest and Wildlife Department officials arrested four men on Saturday in connection with the killing of a cow elephant at Veliyambam in the district on Monday night. The arrested were identified as Padmanabahan alias Vijayan, 48, of Cheruvally; A.P. Pradeep, 34, of Areekad; M.T. Mani, 39, of Mundakutty and…
Read updateIndia: In a joint operation with the Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force personnel of Chittoor, the police on Friday seized red sanders logs worth Rs. 5 crore and arrested 25 persons at D. Hirehal village in the district. Senior police officials, on condition of anonymity, told The Hindu that the task force police…
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India: In a major seizure, the customs and wildlife crime control bureau on Thursday night seized 500 star turtles at the Chennai airport that was being smuggled to Malaysia in a Thai Airways flight. The cute little star turtles, known for its beautiful ornate design on the shell, is one of the most common targets…
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