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India: The Mumbai Mangrove Conservation Unit(MMCU) of the forest department on Thursday recovered dried seahorsesfrom a man at the Mumbai International Airport. Acting on a tip-off, one person was arrested with 30 kgs of dried seahorses (endangered wildlife species). The dried seahorses were being smuggled to…
Read updateIndia: Two persons were arrested on charges of poaching sambar deers in Muguru reserve forest under Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Ramanagar district two days ago. Shivarudra, 58, and Bommegowda (40), both residents of Kotekoppa village in Kanakpura taluk, were arrested following a tip-off. The foresters also seized…
Read updateIndia: Police on Saturday arrested two suspected poachers and seized a leopard skin. Officials said that the Kalsi police team, which was carrying out search operations on the outskirts of Dehradun, spotted two people in a car near Tunia Tiraha. When policemen asked the driver to stop, he tried to flee. The police…
Read updateIndia: In a major search operation undertaken jointly by forest and police, a huge haul of skins, horns, and nails of wild animals were seized at different Gothikoya habitations in the district on Tuesday. In all, 15 persons were arrested during the raids. A task force comprising 100 forest department officials and…
Read updateIndia: The Darrang police in a significant achievement in their ongoing counter-poaching operation nabbed a hardcore poacher hailing from Manipur and recovered a.303 rifle and several rounds of ammunition from his possession. Acting on a tip off, a team of police of Silbori Police Outpost under Dalgaon Police Station…
Read updateIndia: Foresters of Saoli range busted yet another case of spotted deer poaching following a tip-off given by Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) on Sunday. Raids were conducted in Kondekhal and Keroda villages, both in Saoli tehsil, and an accused was arrested, while other managed to flee. VC Dhurve along…
Read updateIndia: The Sashashtra Seema Bal (SSB) apprehended a Nepalese citizen trying to sneak in a jar of crystallised snake venom from the country. The person has been arrested and later remanded to two days police custody by a Siliguri Court. The incident occurred on Thursday evening at Panitanki, the Indo-Nepal border near…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in collaboration with the Government of Nepal, WWF Nepal and International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) successfully organized "Training on Wildlife Crime Detection to Customs Officials of Nepal" on 20-22 February 2019 in Godavari, Lalitpur, Nepal. The major…
Read updateIndia: Eight people were arrested on Thursday for poaching a tiger and severing its parts for alleged sorcery at a remote village in Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh. A male tiger was killed using live electric wire pegged to a farm fence at Chauradadar village near Chhattisgarh border, said officials. The spot…
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