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India: Officials of the Forest department on Monday arrested three persons and detained another five for killing an eight-year-old tusker four days back in Malyagiri forest. The accused are from Taptajharan village within Pallahara forest range. The tusks of the elephant were not recovered from them. Sources said the…
Read updateIndia: Forest officials on Sunday arrested two poachers from Kansaradiha reserve forest within Bhitarkanika National Park and seized the carcass of a boar from them. Forest ranger officer Sahaji Charan Biswal said, acting on a tip-off, the officials conducted a raid at the reserve forest and arrested the two poachers…
Read updateIndia: Based on a tip-off, Sanjay Dutta, the Ranger of Salugara Range in Baikunthapur Forest Division, arrested a woman along with ivory tusks weighing 800 grams. The arrested accused has been identified as Hemanti Gurung, a resident of Malbazar. According to the Baikunthapur Forest Department, the woman was arrested…
Read updateIndia :A tiger was killed in Madhya Pradesh's Panna National Park in August. (Image for representation: PTI) The Special Task Force (Wildlife) of the Madhya Pradesh forest department on Friday arrested three people from Chhatarpur district in connection with the severing of the head and other body parts of a tiger.…
Read updateIndia: The Raigad Native Crime Department (LCB) has arrested yet one more individual in reference to the seizure of three, 750 kg. The primary accused, Akbar Hussain alias Raju Batla, was arrested together with two of his accomplices on the day of the raid at a ‘goat farm’ in Neral, Karjat. On additional…
Read updateIndia: A sand boa snake, an endangered species worth at least a few lakh rupees in the international smuggling market, was seized from two persons in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra, police said on Friday. The MIDC CIDCO police seized the snake on Thursday from the duo, who planned to sell it. Sand boas, which are…
Read updateIndia: In a major operation, police had seized worth Red sandalwood logs by arresting eight smugglers at Rollamadugu village in Rajampet mandal in the wee hours on Tuesday. Kadapa: In a major operation, police had seized Red sandalwood logs by arresting eight smugglers at Rollamadugu village in Rajampet Mandal in the…
Read updateIndia: Seven suspected poachers were arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing an elephant in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh by laying a live wire in its way, forest officials said. The arrests were made a day after the carcass of a female elephant was found on the outskirts of Kishanpur village under Pithora…
Read updateIndia: The Bokaghat police and Forest department of Kaziranga National Park, Assam detained and apprehended seven people in connection with Rhino horn trading. The arrests were made in connection with two separate cases. The Bokakhat police detained three persons on Thursday in connection with Rhino horn trading in…
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