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India: The forest department and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) in Coimbatore seized around 25,000 painting brushes, allegedly made using mongoose hair, from six stationery shops in the city on Wednesday. Chandrasekhar, a volunteer with WCCB, told The News Minute that they had been conducting searches in…
Read updateIndia: A couple was arrested near Pratapgarh while allegedly smuggling nearly 5 kg of elephant ivory. A country-made pistol and bullets were also seized from them. The suspects were under surveillance for more than 11 months before being caught by a joint team of UP Special Task Force, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau…
Read updateIndia: Seventeen persons including four poachers have been arrested for allegedly killing a leopard in a forest area in Nirmal district of Telangana, and trying to sell the skin of the wild cat, police said today. "On credible information, 17 persons were nabbed over the past four days with the assistance of the…
Read updateIndia: Three leopard skins have been seized from Khatima in Udham Singh Nagar in a joint operation by the Special Task Force (STF) and the state forest department on Sunday. As many as 17 leopard skins have been confiscated in the state this year. The animal skins seized on Sunday are over seven feet in length. They…
Read updateIndia: Galiff Street Pet Market, Garia Pakhir Haat, Kolkata Pet Market, Pakhi Bazar, Bankura Pets -these might sound like bazaars where you can buy a goldfish or kitten for your kid. But they serve a far more sinister purpose. These are among a dozen-odd pages on Facebook that have given a spurt to the city's illegal…
Read updateIndia: The Wildlife Crime Cell of Odisha Police Crime Branch today seized contraband wildlife products in Bargarh town and arrested three persons. "Wildlife Crime Cell of Odisha Crime Branch makes seizure of contraband wildlife products in Bargarh town area," Special DG of Police, Crime, Bijay Kumar Sharma, said in a…
Read updateIndia: A driver and conductor attached to the Chengam depot of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Tiruvannamalai (TNSTC) have been arrested for transporting meat of deer. The forest department officials have also confiscated a government bus attached to the Chengam depot of the (TNSTC), Tiruvannamalai, as the…
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India: In three separate pre-dawn operations on Sunday, the Marine Police of the Coastal Security Group (CSG) and Mandapam range forest personnel seized 380 kg of endangered sea cucumber, protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, and arrested three persons. While a Marine Police team, led by…
Read updateIndia Dehradun Police arrested three alleged poachers and seized a leopard skin from them in Sahaspuron the outskirts of Dehradun. The leopard skin is estimated to be worth Rs 5lakh in the international market and was to be sold to someone in Premnagar in Dehradun. Sub-inspector Pankaj Devrani, in charge of Sahaspur…
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