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India: The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Sunday apprehended two persons for illegal smuggling of Rhino horn, Tokay gecko and Reindeer horn from India to China. After receiving specific information on June 3, the SSB Simlabari, under FTR Siliguri, seized one Rhino horn weighing 145gms, four Tokay Gecko and one Reindeer…
Read updateNepal: A 23-year-old man was arrested in possession of a bear gallbladder from Kandaghari in Kageshwori-Manahara Municipality-7 of Kathmandu district on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, a team deployed from the Metropolitan Crime Division arrested Khagendra Rai of Phikkal Rural Municipality-6 of Sindhuli district. In…
Read updateIndia: Forest Department officials have seized three tusks at Melur near Srirangam and arrested one person in this connection. Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Forest Ranger, Tiruchi R. Ravikrishnan on Wednesday, on the direction of the District Forest Officer N. Satish, went to Chettiarthoppu in Melur where they…
Read updateIndia: As part of their annual drive against frog hunting in the state, the South Goa forest department's mobile squad, late Wednesday night, arrested three youth for hunting frogs and recovered 11 live bullfrogs from them. The team led by Range Forest Officer (RFO) Siddesh Gaudenabbed three boys Menino Pereira, 29,…
Read updateIndia: Four persons were arrested yesterday and skin of a tiger and a leopard, worth lakhs in international market, were seized from them in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, police said today. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Mahattam Dahivele (50), Puneet Ram Nagwanshi (45), Chainlal Yadav (25), and Santosh Dhruv…
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India: The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Pithoragarh has sentenced a person, who found involved in leopard skin smuggling in 2012 to three years imprisonment and has also imposed a fine of ten thousand rupees on him. Four others were absolved of charges on lack of evidence. The incident happened in 2012, when a…
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Government of Nepal successfully managed the wildlife stockpiles stored for more than 20 years following the standard procedures. Initially, inventory of the stockpiles was carried out with technical support of including the SAWEN Secretariat on 20-30 June 2016 in Kasara and Tikauli, Chitwan. Future reference and…
Read updateNepal: The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police has arrested six persons, including an Indian National on charge of smuggling animal hide and skin, from various locations in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Police identified the suspects as 47-year-old Phuchung Bhutia of Mirik Municipality-3 in Darjeeling of India,…
Read updateIndia: In a shocking revelation, Indian Institute of Technology - Madras has disclosed that 220 deer and eight blackbucks have died in just two years on the sprawling campus of the premier educational institution. The disclosure came in reply to an RTI application filed by Antony Clement Rubin seeking details of…
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