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Bangladesh: In an operation, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two alleged smugglers with tiger bones from Ferryghat near Betbunia Bazar in Paikgachha upazila in Khulna on Wednesday evening, reports news agency UNB. The arrestees were identified as Golam Rasul, 45, son of Wazed Gazi of Baghba village…
Read updateIndia: A leopard that attacked six persons at Myduru village in Harapanahalli taluk was killed by angry villagers on Tuesday . The seven-year-old leopard had been hiding in a haystack in a shed belonging to Danal Vrushabhendrappa. When Vrushabhendrappa entered the shed at 3.30pm to fetch fodder for his cattle, the…
Read updateIndia: The Amravati forest division personnel raided a farmhouse late on Sunday night and uncovered the killing of four monitor lizards, which had been cooked and served at the party. Monitor lizards are listed under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 and have equal level of protection as tigers. Their…
Read updateIndia: Four camps of poachers were busted and arms along with ammunition seized in Assam by a joint operation team of Police and Special Task Force today. On receiving specific information the team led by Deben Borah, Officer-in-Charge of Jokholabondha Police Station busted two camps at Burapahar area of Kaziranga…
Read updateIndia: International red sanders smuggler Fayaz Shariff, 40, and six other smugglers were sentenced to undergo three-year imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs. 10,000 by the Judicial First Class Magistrate of Pulivendula, Srinivasa Naik, on Monday. Stating that it was the first-ever case of conviction of an…
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Nepal: Police on Thursday arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in smuggling of a pangolin hide with scales from Gothatar on the eastern outskirts of Kathmandu. Prakash Danuwar (33) and Arjun Danuwar (29), permanent residents of Bhimtar village in Sindhupalchok district, were arrested from Gothatar,…
Read updateThe Parliament of Nepal has ratified the Statute of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) on July 4, 2016. With this ratification, Nepal has become the third formal member country of SAWEN after Sri Lanka and India. Earlier, the meeting of the council of ministers had given endorsement to the Statute on…
Read updateNepal: Police arrested two men in possession of four hides and bones of leopard from near Aayat bazaar in Amargadhi-3 on Thursday morning. Police said that a joint team from Regional Police Investigation Bureau and the District Police Office (DPO), acting on a tip off, arrested Ram Bahadur Thapa Magar of and Kam…
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Nepal: Police recently arrested a man in possession of live protected animals and birds. The suspect has been identified as Mohammad Usman (35) of Patna, India and currently residing at Samakhusi, KMC-29. Acting on a tip-off that Usman was involved in illegal trading of tortoises and various species of birds, a…
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