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India: Internationally traded wildlife products including ivory and the scales of the pangolin besides deer and gaur horns were seized in a coordinated effort by forest officials in Tarikere of Chikkamagaluru on Sunday evening in which six people alleged to have links with smugglers, were also nabbed. Forest…
Read updateNepal: As many as nine Indian nationals were arrested from Chitwan National Park in the last week for their suspicious activities. CNP, however, has not made the details of the arrestees public. CNP chief conservation officer Bed Kumar Dhakal said that seven Indian nationals were held from western sector SailiMaili…
Read updateIndia: The forest department has recovered wild birds from a vehicle in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. A Himalayan Goral, of deer family, was also recovered. The driver of the vehicle is under the custody of forest department. The case has been registered and an investigation is underway. Santosh Patial, SP Kangra…
Read updateIndia: Seven persons were caught while smuggling Pangolin. The action was taken jointly by a team of Cyber Cell, Doura and Rajpur police late Thursday night. According to police, the accused have been identified as Joseph Lakra (27), Kamleshwar Lakra (42), Umesh Thakur (32), Parmeshwar (20), Ramesh Kumar (23), Ramlal…
Read updateIndia: In a major breakthrough, the Special Task Force of the Odisha Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested one Allaha Rakha from Dashapalla area in the district in connection with smuggling of pangolin scales. As per reports, a team of officials of Mahanadi Wildlife Division had earlier on June 18 arrested the father of…
Read updateIndia: Police said that the gang members hailed from Tamil Nadu and were involved in inter-state wildlife poaching racket. Gang of six people, led by a small time DMK leader in Tamil Nadu, were arrested for their involvement in ivory smuggling in Mahalakshmi layout police station limits on Wednesday. Bengaluru: A…
Read updateIndia: Four pairs of African Pygmy Falcons, three red and blue macaws and three electus parrots were seized from a car on Kalyani Expressway on Wednesday. A team from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) had been waiting at the Muragacha crossing on the expressway to intercept the car that was to deliver the…
Read updateNepal: Armed Police Force (APF) has arrested a man along with 10 kilograms of red sandalwood from Malibara village of Jaleshwor municipality-3 in Mahottari district Wednesday morning. He is Ramprit Paswan, 51, of Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City-3 in Dhanusha district, according to the APF Customs and Revenue Company,…
Read updateIndia: Officials of the Kaziranga National Park's northern range arrested poacher Yakub Ali from Panbazar in Guwahati on Tuesday. Ali was the main shooter in the Sildubi rhino poaching incident at Panpur of Sonitpur district, in the sixth addition of the national park, on May 29. The range officials claimed there was…
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