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India: Lakshadweep forest department busted an international racket and seized 486 dead, two fishing boats were also seized and seven poachers were arrested as part of the operation, sources said. According to sources with the Lakshadweep administration, Lakshadweep Marine Wildlife Protection Force Watchers of…
Read updateIndia: Udala forest outfit nabbed a wildlife hunter and seized 7 kilograms of porcupine flesh from his possession along with a country-made gun and an axe. The hunter is identified as Antara Singh who allegedly set fire inside Podadiha range Under Similipal Sanctuary to hunt porcupine from the burrow. The forest…
Read updateIndia: The Hyderabad Police has arrested two men each for hunting and buying two blackbucks. One blackbuck was killed and its meat was sold while the other one was rescued by the Forest Department officials. The prime accused in the case, Chavan Shanker Baba, is a farmer and began hunting deer after his income…
Read updateIndia: The Puttur sub-division police and Red Sanders Task Force personnel, in a joint operation, seized 2.5 tonnes of red sanders logs, at a forest location in KVB Puram mandal on Friday. Two persons who were reportedly working for the smuggling network by supplying workforce from Tamil Nadu and transporting…
Read updateSouth Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in collaboration with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB, Central Level), Government of Nepal organized a training on wildlife law enforcement to officials from National Investigation Department (NID), Nepal on 24-26 February 2021 in Kathmandu, Nepal. An…
Read updateIndia: Two poachers who hunted blackbucks were nabbed and the carcasses seized from their possession in Varni police station limits, forest department officials said on Saturday. The two poachers, Kappari Pedda Rmulu and Kadamanchi Sailoo of Veerapur village in Bhiknoor mandal had hunted two blackbucks near Pulkal…
Read updateIndia: The Uthiramerur police received an information that a lorry, carrying red sanders logs, was parked for a long time in Nottanaval village. Soon, a team from the station went to the village and found the vehicle. They seized and took the lorry to the police station. There was more than five tonnes of logs in the…
Read updateIndia: Three persons were arrested with a tiger skin and two turtles in Khajrana area on Friday. Police officials said that the tiger skin is more than 20 years old. The forest department officials were also informed by the police. SP (east) Vijay Khatri said that Khajrana police station staff received a…
Read updateIndia: Anti-smuggling task force seized red sanders logs near Tirupati on Friday morning. According to task force DSP Venkataiah, RSI Vasu, Suresh and Jani Basha teams acted on specific information and were conducting combing operations in the Seshachalam forests near SV Zoo park road since Thursday night. They…
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