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India: In yet another successful crackdown on illegal trade in wildlife species in the national capital, an Indian black scorpion and a green vine snake, both protected species, were seized from a poacher here.The scorpion and snake were seized from near Karol Bagh area late Tuesday. Both have been put under the care…
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Nepal: Nepal Police’s Metropolitan Police Crime Division said it has arrested a man in possession of a leopard hide from Mitranagar-based Uttam Lamjung Guest House in Gongabu, KMC-29 on Monday. Police identified the suspect as Bhakta Bahadur Gharti Magar aka Bharat (48) of Nayagaun, Pyuthan. Acting on a tip-off that…
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India: Police today arrested four persons and seized a tiger skin and 25 kg bones of the big cat from their possession in Raiwala area of Uttarakhands Dehradun district. Mirhamja, Mohd Alam, Santosh Duggal and Gami were arrested with the nearly 12-foot-long tiger skin and bones weighing 25 kg by a team of Uttarakhand…
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India: Villagers of Jaleli Champawata in Jodhpur district found two deer dead on Saturday morning. One of the animals had bullet wounds. The tracks of the animals showed that they had run at least about four km despite the wounds. Ram Niwas, who leads a group called the Bishnoi Tiger Force, a group of youth from the…
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Nepal: A joint police squad deployed from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and District Police Office, Bardiya has arrested a convicted tiger poacher Lal Bahadur BK aka Raj Bahadur, who was on the run, from Nepal-India border in Banbasa, western Nepal.The arrested was convicted of poaching Nawa Buddha, the…
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Nepal: Police have arrested two persons -- Jayabahadur Bohara, 35, and Man Bahadur Mahata of Parashuram Municipality -7, Dadeldhura district -- from Ghumtigada in the municipality in possession of leopard skins and bones.A joint operation of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and Area Police Office of Jogbudha…
Read updateNepal: Police have arrested two persons - Jayabahadur Bohara, 35, and Man Bahadur Mahata of Parashuram Municipality -7, Dadeldhura district - from Ghumtigada in the municipality in possession of leopard skins and bones. A joint operation of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) and Area Police Office of Jogbudha…
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Nepal: Police apprehended two persons in possession of two kilogram of pangolin scales from Bouddha, KMC-6 on 9 May 2016. The suspects have been identified as Tirtha Shrestha (28) and Ashok Shrestha (23) of Bhuji-2 Ramechhap. They are said to be currently residing at Bouddha. A police team deployed from the…
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India: A male rhino carcass believed to have been poached was found at the Bhuyanpara range of Manas national park, about 175km from Guwahati, on Friday. The horn was missing, confirming that the rhino was poached. This is the ninth rhino poached in Manas since 2011 when the park got back its Unesco World Heritage…
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