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Bangladesh: One accused was arrested along with a gecko was from the Signboard area by Siddhirganj police station of Narayanganj district. The gecko was about 15 inches long and weight 269 grams. It is learned that the gecko was being collected from Bandarban and taken to a vendor in Munshiganj. The rescued Gecko was…
Read updateIndia: In a suspected case of poaching, police in Assam's hilly Karbi Anglong district on Wednesday seized 16 teeth of tigers and arrested four persons. Assam police headquarters in Guwahati said the four were arrested during an operation launched by police based on intelligence inputs about the movement of some…
Read updateBangladesh: A 4 feet 6 inches long and 15 kg Gharial caught by Md. Badsha Miya, a fisherman, in his net while fishing in the Padma river near the Sahapara village of Habaspur union in Pangsha upazila of Rajbari district. He wanted to sell it in the local market. As soon as the matter came to the notice of Wildlife…
Read updateIndia: Three forest staffers of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve have been arrested for their involvement in rhino horn smuggling. They were produced before a local court that sent them for to judicial custody for 14 days on Thursday. The arrested persons were identified as Dilip Karmakar, Robin Bauri and…
Read updateIndia: The pristine forests of NR Pura in Chikkamagaluru district being a ‘buffer’ for Bhadra Tiger Reserve, witnesses tiger (and other wildlife) spillovers frequently as also conflicts. On Sunday, a tiger cub was killed in NR Pura forests, and its body parts were seized in Mandya when offenders were trying to sell…
Read updateIndia: In a major breakthrough, Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch arrested a smuggler with a leopard skin near Sambalpur-Sonepur border on Tuesday. ording to reports, the STF conducted raid in Sambalpur-Sonepur border area and seized the leopard skin meant for illegal selling. On the other hand, an STF…
Read updateIndia: Following the surge in the crime of poaching being committed and also a number of elephant deaths being reported from the district, the forest officials are now in action mode under the instructions of the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO). As an outcome, two hunters were arrested today and wild boar meat seized…
Read updateIndia: A reinvestigation into a poaching case has led to the imposition of Rs 1 lakh fine on 13 persons and the transfer of three forest department staff, who allegedly carried out a shoddy investigation. On September 29, a forest team led by Forest Range Officer Suresh received a tip-off that two women had…
Read updateUttarakhand forest department officials and police have arrested four people for allegedly smuggling organs of bear, musk deer and poaching Indian flapshell turtles, in two different incidents in the Kumaon region over the weekend. In Bageshwar district, police officials on Sunday arrested one person on the charges…
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