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India: The officials of Anandapur wildlife division in Keonjhar district recovered elephant tusks weighing 19 kg. The seizure was made late last night, official sources said on Tuesday. The tusks were seized from Bayapita village under Harichandanpur police limits in the district. Acting on a tip-off, the forest…
Read updateIndia: Amost-wanted rhino poacher was arrested on Tuesday in Assam's Biswanath district. Arms were recovered from the possession of the accused. Based on intelligence input, police and the Crime Investigation Range staff of Wildlife division of Biswanath jointly launched an operation at Rangsali Sonari village area…
Read updateIndia: Chirang police on Sunday arrested one elephant tusk smuggler identified as Alen Basumatary and recovered two tusks from his possession. The operation was led by Chirang Additional Superintendent of Police (HQ) Prakash Medhi and his team in association with Chirang forest department. Interacting with Northeast…
Read updateIndia: Four people have been arrested in Chamarajanagar district for allegedly possessing a huge cache of prohibited wildlife items including pelts, bones and claws. Acting on tip-off that some people were trying to sell wildlife products, forest officials carried out an operation on Thursday night and arrested four…
Read updateIndia: The Forest Department arrested a man, identified as Somra Munda, on the charge of bison hunting. Cooked as well as raw bison meat was recovered from his house. Reportedly, a sniffer dog Orlando from Gorumara National Park was used to track the accused. The arrested individual was produced before the Jalpaiguri…
Read updateHyderabad: In an week long undercover operation covering Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, the Telangana forest officers have nabbed 12 members of an interstate gang and seized four kilograms of Pangolin scales from them. It is suspected that the gang might have killed at least four pangolins in Dammapet forest…
Read updateIndia: The Forest Department officials from Shahpur have arrested five people from Kasara near Igatpuri who had entered the forest with an intention of poaching. A few days ago, Range Forest Official Prashant Deshmukh received a tip-off from his sources that some people were going to enter the forest with an…
Read updateIndia: The Mysuru Forest Mobile Squad has arrested two persons and seized a tiger pelt from them yesterday. Deputy Conservator of Forests A.T. Poovaiah, who led the team, said that they arrested Akash Rao and Vishnu, who are in their twenties, and seized the tiger pelt. Both are from Santhemala near Krishna Raja…
Read updateIndia: In yet another major success in rescue of wildlife, personnel of Assam’s Cachar Forest Division, Silchar intercepted a vehicle at Lailapur Forest Sub Beat carrying consignment of exotic wildlife. The Forest authorities disclosed that a truck bearing registration No TS 08 UB 1622 coming from Mizoram side was…
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