Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
India: Seventy-seven kg of processed sea cucumber worth Rs 7.7 lakh, meant to be smuggled to Sri Lanka, was seized by coastal marine police at a village near Mandapam this morning. The sea cucumbers were seized from Marakaiyarpattinam village and one person was arrested in this connection, police said. Sea cucumbers,…
Read updateIndia: Wildlife officials of Madurai forest division arrested three people while they were trying to sell nine turtles at Tiruparankundram on Wednesday evening. Based on a tip-off that some people were catching turtles and selling them, officials kept a vigil in the district to keep a watch for any illegal trading of…
Read updateIndia: Ikmadul Hussain (30), a hardcore poacher wanted in connection with the poaching incident of June 27 last in Orang National Park has been nabbed by police team from Dalgaon Police Station in Darrang district from his residence at Nalbari village near the National Park under the police station in the wee hours…
Read updateIndia: Uttarakhand Police has arrested an alleged poacher and seized an eight feet-long leopard skin from his possession. Anand, a resident of Pithoragarh, has confessed to have killed the animal at Danya village of Almora district, Pithoragarh Superintendent of Police Roshan Lal Sharma claimed. "The eight feet-long…
Read updateIndia: The Forest Department has arrested one person in connection with the poisoning of two leopards near the Omkara range of Bandipur National Park recently. The accused was identified as Nagesh Gowda of Hanchipura, where two leopards, about a year old, were poisoned. One of them was a melanistic variant and black…
Read updateInida: Two persons were apprehended for involvement with poaching under Bhuyanpara forest range in Manash National Park today in Baksa. According to forest official, a joint team of forest staff from Bhuyanpara range and Salbari police conducted a search operation in Rupohi area where two poachers were arrested along…
Read updateIndia: Four Indians have been detained by Malaysian authorities here for investigation after seizing more than 1,000 exotic turtles worth Rs 99 lakh during a sting operation here. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the four Indian nationals had been detained to assist in…
Read updateIndia: Police arrested four red sanders smugglers, including Iruguri Naresh, an aide of international red sanders smuggler Hameed Sahul Bhai of Dubai and Kandaswamy and Subramani of Singapore. The police seized 50 red sanders logs, four cars, three auto-rickshaws and a motorcycle from them, Rajampet DSP A. Rajendra…
Read updateIndia: Seven persons were arrested on Wednesday for alleged hunting and selling a rare Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) or scaly anteater in Kudal, Sindhudurg on Wednesday. According to forest department sources, Vijay Sadanand Sawant, 47, had killed the Pangolin. Later, Prakash Pawar and Kiran Pawar allegedly…
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