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India: A patrolling team of the All Tajang Youth Association (ATYA) on Wednesday night caught a person with a hunted male clouded leopard from Swkhe-bo forest near Old Ziro, and handed him over to the police and forest personnel.The illegal hunter has been identified as one Rakhe Pumbo of Rakhe village under…
Read updateIndia: A team of Jharkhand police on Wednesday seized animal bones alongside during a search at the house of a wildlife smuggler in Mayurbhanj's Padampur village located within Jashipur police limits. The team which raided the house of Md Mustaz, who is allegedly a poacher as well as a trader of hides and ivories,…
Read updateIndia: The tiger skin was seized from four locals at Bejjur range in November 2016 when they were trying to sell it. Hyderabad: The mystery over a tiger skin missing after it was seized by forest officials in 2016 has been solved with the arrest of two persons on Sunday. The two accused happen to be the wife of a…
Read updateIndia The STF of Madhya Pradesh forest department's wildlife wing has handed over dossiers on five notorious tiger poachers to the Nepal CIB, seeking help in their arrest.The most wanted of them is Jaiy Tamang, 43, who has an Interpol red corner notice in his name on the basis of an application moved by STF in 2016.…
Read updateIndia: A 19-year-old Chinchpokli resident has been arrested by Mumbai crime branch’s property cell for illegal purchase and sale of forest animals. The accused has been identified as Kunal Solanki. Cops confirmed that two barn owls and an Indian spectacled cobra were found in his possession. The trap According to…
Read updateIndia: The wildlife personnel of Chandaka wildlife sanctuary on Tuesday night nabbed a wanted poacher from Sundarpur area of the sanctuary with a country-made gun. Bishnu Pradhan, who has no palm in right hand and left armless, was caught by the department officials based on an intelligence report. He was wanted in…
Read updateIndia State Forest officials today busted a racked involved in smuggling and sale of rare wildlife items and arrested three persons, all from North Sikkim. Acting on a tip off, a Forest team led by DFO (territorial, east) N. Jaswant raided a rented house at Tadong area and seized five musk deer pods and a rare…
Read updateIndia: The Assam Rifles have recovered a huge quantity of wild animal parts in Nagaland's Kukidolong, including tiger and elephant bones. Security personnel arrested two people in connection with the incident. Based on a specific input, Assam Rifles' Medziphema battalion established a vehicle check post in…
Read updateIndia: More than 600 prohibited birds were rescued during an operation by the UP Special Task Force (STF) from a market in Nakkhas today, the police said. Seven people of a gang engaged in selling the birds were arrested they said. Three of their associates are at large. Acting on a tip-off, the STF along with the…
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