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India: Forest department officials of the Kadapa district have seized 66 logs of red sanders at Jallakona area near Rollamadugu beat in Rajampet Mandal, Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. Speaking to ANI, Rajampet in-charge of District Forest Officer (DFO) Y V Narasimha Rao said, "a group of people from Tamil Nadu…
Read updateIndia: One person has been arrested for hunting a leopardess in the Neemuch forests. The accused has been identified as Madanlal, hailing from Jiran. He was presented on December 15 before the Chief Judicial Magistrate and has been sentenced to the district jail after preliminary hearing. Sub Divisional Officer…
Read updateIndia: Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force sleuths on Monday had seized 30 red sanders logs near the Seshachalam forests in Tirupati on Tuesday night. While fifteen smugglers managed to escape in the dark during the combing operations conducted by RSI Vasu and DRO Narasimha Rao under the orders of Task Force SP…
Read updateNepal: On December 6, Rupandehi police confiscated a rhino horn from New Kalash Hotel in Sukhanagar, Ward No. 8 of Butwal Sub Metropolis. While confiscating the horn, Birendra Bahadur Singh, one of the smugglers, snatched a pistol from a policeman, opened fire and escaped the scene. Rakesh Neupane from Kathmandu, who…
Read updateIndia: Two rhino poachers were arrested in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve on Sunday. Park director P Shivakumar said, “A group of four poachers entered the Kaziranga around 12.30 am on Sunday. Based on specific inputs, forest staffs from Biswanath wildlife division ambushed them at Polokata Chapori. While…
Read updateIndia: Police arrested four men for killing a spotted deer near Minjur on the outskirts of Chennai in the early hours on Friday. Police seized the carcass of a deer, a licensed rifle, ammunitions, and a jeep from the arrested men. Police said constable Mohammed Aashique and home guard Jeevanandham were conducting…
Read updateNepal: Police on Thursday apprehended five people from Swayambhu, Kimdol of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-15, on the charge of smuggling rhino horn. Acting on a tip off, a special team of police deployed from the Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD) held Rikesh Shakya, 41, Suresh Shakya, 35, and Anil Shrestha, 39,…
Read updateNepal: One person was injured when a rhino horn smuggler grabbed a pistol from a policeman and opened fire at police personnel at Kalash Hotel of Sukkhanagar, Butwal, today. Rakesh Neupane of Basantapur, Kathmandu, received a bullet on his chin. He was referred to Bhairahawa-based Universal Teaching Hospital for…
Read updateIndia: The officials of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (T ATR) have busted an illegal jungle safari racket on Wednesday. A Forest Guard, deployed at Navegaon Gate under TATR, and an agent involved in illegal entry of tourists have been arrested by Chimur police. According to the sources in the Forest Department, the…
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