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Nepal: Police raided a house in Ramhiti of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-6, and arrested two persons with 83 kilograms of red sandalwood and 150 grams of yarsagumba. The suspects have been identified as the house owner Chyaba Lama, 60, and Yonden Gyamcho Tamang, 20, of Mugu. They have been kept in the custody of…
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SAWEN organized a side event on 'Combating Wildlife Crime in South Asia' in order to share regional wildlife crime issues and means of interventions in the member countries, SAWEN role to curb wildlife crime in the region and discuss further to enhance regional cooperation on 22 August 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland…
Read updateSri Lanka : SL Navy seized 7 Indian fishermen who poached in Sri Lankan waters with their trawler, on 12th August 2019.These fishermen were apprehended during a patrol carried out by Northern Naval Command in the seas North west of Delft lighthouse while engaged in illegal fishing .The seized fishermen along with the…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) and Global Tiger Forum (GTF) entered into memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 26 July 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Mr. Man Bahadur Khadka, chief enforcement coordinator of SAWEN and Dr. Rajesh Gopal, secretary general of GTF signed the MoU amidst a gathering during an…
Read updateIndia: Two persons were arrested in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district Thursday after pictures of the blackbuck they had killed went viral on social media, police said. According to an official of Virgaon police station, the accused killed the animal, a protected species, at Shirasgaon in Vaijapur tehsil. They planned…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in collaboration with Nepal Office of Attorney General, the Government of Nepal and United Nations Office on Drugs Control (UNODC) with support from U. S. Department of State, and Global Wildlife Program, the World Bank organized a 'Second Regional Workshop on the…
Read updateIndia: In an operation by the Kurukshetra wildlife officers, on the basis of specific inputs from the Wildlife Crime Control Branch (WCCB) Haryana and wildlife officer Panchkula, two hunters were caught in Raduar area of Yamunanagar district on Friday night. The wildlife officials said that seven accomplices of the…
Read updateIndia: Based on intelligence input, Biswanath district police had launched operation about information that, two youths were trying to sell a tokay gecko to a party of Arunachal Pradesh. Police had intercepted a motorcycle at Biswanath Chariali area and arrested two persons and seized a tokay gecko in possession from…
Read updateNepal: Police have arrested three people found in posession of illegal wildlife parts, including the horn of a one-horned rhinoceros in Kathmandu. According to police, 53-year-old Lal Bahadur Gurung from Gorkha Chumanbri-3 was arrested in Kathmandu-27. According to Metropolitan Police Office, Teku’s DSP Habindra…
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