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India: In a major breakthrough, notorious absconding tiger poacher Kuttu alias Rahul Gulabsingh Gondthakur (30) was nabbed in Lakhimpur-Kheri, bordering Nepal, in a joint operation by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) on Tuesday evening. On January 21 this year, Kuttu…
Read updateIndia: Just days after two men with four pods containing bear bile were apprehended near Doiwala, the forest department has arrested another man with two pods of Himalayan black bear bile in Rishikesh. Pankaj Singh, a resident of Rudraprayag was arrested on Sunday. Days before, Dushyant Singh and Ravindra Kumar, both…
Read updateNepal: Police on Friday arrested two foreigners – an Indian and a Qatari national – in possession of six live Eurasian eagle-owls from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. Mohammad Sumelan (30) from India and Faisal Mohammad (passport number: 01095185) from Qatar were arrested while they were about to…
Read updateGlobal: Four people have been caught at customs in south China while attempting to smuggle rare shellfish products from Vietnam. Two of the suspects are Vietnamese, said an official with the customs of Pingxiang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Saturday. Customs seized 17 tonnes of tridacna, a large saltwater…
Read updateIndia: Dhupdhora police on Thursday arrested six persons with two Tokay geckos (Gekko gecko), a nocturnal Asian lizard, from Assam-Meghalaya border in Goalpara district. The geckos were found in a bolero vehicle. The arrested five accused have been identified as Arponsh D Marak of South West Khasi Hills, Preton Marak…
Read updateIndia: That wildlife is being destructed in Assam has been proved yet again with the seizure of as many as five Indian softshell turtles (Nilssonia gangetica), or Ganges softshell turtle from a dhaba in Barpeta Town by the sleuths of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Guwahati with the help of personnel from the…
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Bangladesh: Rapid Action Battalion with the help of forest department rescued 1451 wild birds including some rare and endangered species in Feni Model Thana area in Feni early today. They later freed the birds following a press briefing in the district. Three alleged smugglers -- Ruhul Amin Sheikh, 32, Rony Talukder,…
Read updateIndia: The police on Wednesday arrested 53 red sanders smugglers and coolies while they were transporting the prized wood in various parts of Kadapa district. The police seized three vehicles, 26 cell phones and red sanders logs from the possession of the accused. This is the biggest clamp down on red sanders…
Read updateIndia: Twenty-nine tigers have died in poaching activities this year, the government on Tuesday said while asserting it has taken several steps for conservation and protection of the big cats. Till November 16 this year, 29 tigers have died due to poaching, 32 due to natural causes while 37 other cases are under…
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