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Bhubaneswar, India The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has rescued a total of 351 baby Indian tent turtles in Odisha's Cuttack district. According to a statement by the DRI, the turtles were being smuggled and were intercepted at the Munguli toll gate. The rescue operation was conducted based on a tip-off…
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Siliguri, India: The West Bengal Forest Department has achieved yet another big success. In a joint operation of the Kurseong Wildlife Forest Division, Bagdogra Range and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, around 4 kgs of snake venom was recovered. Similar incidents took place in the past few months, which has triggered…
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Jaisalmer, India: Residents of Ramdevra gram panchayat were agitated after remains of a poached deer were spotted at half a dozen places near Mawa village on Monday. It was said that more than ten chinkaras were poached in the area in the last 10-15 days and that an unidentified poacher was absconding. On Monday, on…
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Prayagraj, India: A joint team of GRP and RPF personnel arrested two persons, including a woman, on platform number 2 of Chheoki Junction station for smuggling turtles on Sunday. A total of 204 turtles packed in 10 sacks were recovered from them, said police. Police said that the team of GRP and RPF who were on the…
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Noakhali, Bangladesh: The Forest Department has rescued a saltwater crocodile that was kept illegally in a pond in Companyganj upazila of Noakhali for 35 years. The crocodile was rescued from the Charhazari area of the upazila on Saturday afternoon. It was released into the water body of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur…
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Mumbai, India: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) of Mumbai zonal unit seized a stock of 28 lakh peacock tail feathers at Nhava Sheva Port on Wednesday, which were allegedly being smuggled to China via export cargo as mis-declared coir doormats. The export of peacock tail feathers is prohibited as per…
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Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Sri Lanka Navy apprehended 16 individuals in the Nadukuda area of Mannar while transporting around 1280 sea cucumbers, sans valid license. The operation also resulted in the seizure of a cab used for this illicit activity. The Navy conducts regular operations in the coastal and sea areas of…
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Sigiriya, Sri Lanka: A large-scale racket of uprooting trees in the Sigiriya forest reserve and selling them to a hotel project was foiled by the wildlife conservators yesterday. During the raid, they arrested two suspects and seized a large stock of Bolpana trees, a plant species endemic to the area and endangered…
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Bengaluru, India: The Karnataka government, at a cabinet meeting on January 5, had taken a decision to open a 90-day window for people to surrender wildlife articles in their possession. The forest department started the exercise of collecting articles and from January 19 to February 7, 19 people surrendered illegal…
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