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India: It's a jungle out there. Authorities in Mumbai have seized a whopping 33,000 kg of a "protected" Himalayan herb that was being smuggled into the country via sea route from China. Officials of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), western region, identified the plant as the rare "Saussurea costus", or…
Read updateIndia: Forest department sources said the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau officials got a tip that a man was selling the finches by advertising online.The information was passed on to wildlife officials. Posing as potential buyers, the officials asked the trader, Vasanthan, 30, of Guduvanchery to come to Padappai with…
Read updateIndia: Three guides from the Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) have been arrested for poaching four monitor lizards, one mongoose and a wild boar. They were arrested on Saturday, while four others were held on Sunday. Endangered species SB Bhalavi, PTR's divisional forest officer said, "It is true; the three guides have been…
Read updateIndia Kothrud police on Thursday arrested a 38-year-old man from Sutardara before he could sell a tiger skin. Sandip Baban Shelke, a resident of Nepal Chawl, drives a tempo for a living. "Shelke claimed he found the skin and was just trying to sell it," said inspector Shankar Khatke. Shelke does not have a criminal…
Read updateIndia Two individuals illegally hunting bullfrogs in a field at Zamgad-Netravali, Sanguem in South Goa were nabbed red-handed by alert forest officials on Saturday night. Sanguem Range Forest Officer (RFO) Bipin Faldessai informed TOI that "while patrolling the area, we observed two persons carrying torches in an…
Read updateIndia: The Kothrud police on Friday arrested a 38-year-old man and seized a tiger skin from him before he could sell it. The accused has been identified as Sandip Baban Shelke, a resident of Shivsai Nagar. He has been booked under provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act and the Arms Act. The Kothrud police had…
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Nepal: A special police team deployed from the Central Investigation Bureau reportedly arrested two persons allegedly involved in smuggling of Pangolin scales recently. In a statement today, CIB said 43-year-old Kising Tshiring of Kageshwori Manahara Municipality-8 was held with 930 grams of Pangolin scales from…
Read updateIndia: Based on a tip-off from village wildlife volunteers of NGO-Tiger Watch, officials of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve helped Madhya Pradesh forest department nabbing two Mogias involved in poaching of a leopard and in process of selling it. The forest department got a tip-off about some people were involved in…
Read updateIndia: A court here has sentenced a person to seven years rigorous imprisonment for rhino poaching in Kaziranga National Park. The Additional District and Session Judge (Fast Track Court), Golaghat, A Ahmed yesterday convicted Sukhdeo Kutumb and slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on him. Kutumb was involved in poaching of…
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