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India: In a joint mission conducted by Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and Crime Investigation Department Forest Cell, ... Read More BENGALURU: In a joint mission conducted by Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and Crime Investigation Department (CID) Forest Cell, 280 star tortoises were seized from a house in…
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India: A head constable, an assistant forest beat officer and four protection watchers are among 11 persons arrested for red sanders smuggling in raids conducted at three places in Kadapa district on Sunday. Twenty-nine red sanders logs weighing 1.30 tonnes, 17 mobile phones and a luggage van were seized from the…
Read updateIndia: Police today arrested fifteen persons suspected to be involved in smuggling of red sandalwood at Chennamukkapalli in the district. Police seized 15 logs of the precious wood during the operation, said Mydukur (Rural) Circle Inspector Nagabhusanam. Police swooped on the men along KC canal when they were…
Read updateIndia: Mr S.A. Sohail, the owner of the high-profile Fur and Feathers, the shop selling exotic birds at Banjara Hills, was questioned on Monday by the Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh police and forest department officials who are investigating an Indo-Nepal wildlife smuggling racket. Mr Sohail’s name came up when the…
Read updateIndia: The City Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) police arrested six persons in two separate cases for illegally trying to sell a wild owl alive and the skin of a leopard on Sunday. Police Commissioner T.G. Krishna Bhat told newsmen here on Monday that working on a tip-off, a CCIB team arrested two persons carrying…
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The Government of Nepal in collaboration with Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection Program (GSLEP), South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN), the Snow Leopard Trust, USAID, the World Wildlife Fund, Global Tiger Initiative Council, National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), WWF Nepal and Zoological…
Read updateIndia: Two snake charmers have been arrested and a rare red sand boa, four live cobras and a skull of a jackal recovered from them here, police said today. A team of Forest Department officials raided the homes of the two snake charmers yesterday at Mirukhedi village in Narsinghgarh here and recovered skull and flesh…
Read updateIndia: A 32-year-old Chinese national was recently convicted and sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment by a magistrate’s court for allegedly trying to smuggle priceless exotic turtles from India to Shanghai in 2013. The court also ordered her to pay a fine of Rs10,000, stating that if she fails do so, then…
Read updateNepal: Police said two persons were arrested in possession of two red panda hides from Jorpati, Gokarneshwor Municipality of Kathmandu. The suspects have been identified as 29-year-old Pritam Tamang of Balekhu-2 in Okhaldhunga district and 25-year-old Sambhav Waiba aka Deni of Tamajor-2 in Sindhuli district. Acting…
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