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India: In a major breakthrough, the special task force (STF) of Madhya Pradesh forest department has arrested three poachers who have the blood of at least 30 tigers on their hands and were wanted by CBI in connection with tiger poaching cases in the Vidarbha region between October 2012 and May 2013. Foot soldiers of…
Read updateNepal: A one-horned male rhinoceros, supposed to be around 14- years-old, was killed in the Chitwan National Park, which had witnessed zero rhino poaching for 1071 days. Once the dead single-horned Asiatic rhinoceros was spotted by the locals at Hariyali Banhatta of Jagatpur in Bharatpur Metropolitan City -23 on…
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Nepal: Nepal Police’s Central Investigation Bureau arrested three persons on charge of smuggling wild animal’s parts. Acting on a tip-off, the CIB apprehended Binesh Bhandari (23), Anup Bartaula (33) and Bibek Bartaula (25) of Hetaunda, Makawanpur from Balaju of Kathmandu, and seized a leopard hide from their…
Read updateNepal: A convicted rhino poacher, who was on the run for years, has been recently arrested and sent to the jail. On May 30, 2012, the Chitwan National Park had convicted Durga Rana Magar along with Khadga Narayan Mahato of poaching a one-horned rhinoceros and trading on the pachyderm’s precious horn. A case against…
Read updateIndia: Border Security Force personnel on Saturday seized 49 exotic South American parrots from West Bengal's Nadia district, an official said. Acting on a tip off about bird smuggling, the BSF troopers of Maluapara outpost under Nadia's Krishnanagar sector, raided an abandoned house and seized the rare birds whose…
Read updateIndia: Despite the fact that it is illegal to buy, sell or keep parrots captive, these birds are still widely sold and kept as pets in the city. In the last five years, as many as 482 parrots have been rescued across Mumbai — that's an average of 96 parrots a year. In fact, according to data from the government-run…
Read updateNepal: Police personnel from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police have arrested two suspected smugglers in possession of a bear’s gall bladder from Guhyeshwori, KMC-8 in the Capital on Thursday. The arrested are Bam Bahadur Tamang (34) of Sangpang-6, Bhojpur and Surya Shrestha (32) of Lampantar-4,…
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Nepal: A team of Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police led by Sub-Inspector Birendra Johari arrested a man with a tiger’s skin (about 10 feet) from Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City of Kailali district on Friday. The arrestee has been identified as 18-year-old Sanam Jagri alias Sanam Jayakar of Parshuram…
Read updateNepal: Police arrested three persons in possession of a gall bladder of Himalayan black bear from Thulobharyang, Swayambhu in KMC-15 on Wednesday. The arrestees have been identified as Guna Dangol (47) of Khokana in Lalitpur district, Sonam Tamang (26) of Ralukadevi in Nuwakot district and Durga Bahadur Tamang (35)…
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