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India: Two persons were arrested in Bejjur of Komrum Bheem Asifabad district while they were attempting to transport a tiger skin. The seizure of the skin, believed to have been taken from a sub-adult male tiger about two years old, sent officials of the state wildlife department scrambling to check if it belonged to…
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Bangladesh: Forest department this afternoon rescued over two hundred migratory birds from Gouripur upazila in Mymensingh. “The birds were being sold at a market as food item in Shyambazar area,” Ashim Kumar, wild life inspector of the forest department, told The Daily Star. Tipped off, a team of forest department…
Read updateIndia: After over 18 months, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), western region, has nabbed kingpin of the international terrapin smuggling racket. On April 24, 2015, Air Intelligence Unit of CSI airport in Mumbai intercepted two Malaysia-bound passengers along with 161 live specimens of spotted black terrapin,…
Read updateNepal: Police have nabbed seven people for their alleged involvement in smuggling a red panda hide and a bear gall bladder, from Kathmandu on Tuesday. Police deployed from the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police arrested Phurpa Lama (24) and Pasang Lama (24) of Sindhupalchok and Shrawan Kumar Rajbanshi of…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh organized its Third Annual Meeting on 26-27 October 2016 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In the two days meeting, representatives from different government agencies of member countries other than Afghanistan and Pakistan were…
Read updateIndia: An astrologer was arrested for allegedly selling elephant pearl on a website claiming it can change the fate of a person from misery to happiness, a West Bengal forest department official said. "He was arrested for selling Gazmukta or pearl made of elephant skull bone through a website claiming that it can…
Read updateIndia: Friday was a bad day for tigers. While one tiger was poached, a problem tigress was captured and relocated to little known Chaprala wildlife sanctuary (134sqkm) in Gadchiroli. Wildlife Institute of India (WII) team led by Dr Bilal Habib, Dr Parag Nigam and a couple of researchers tracked the problem tigress of…
Read updateNepal: Police on Friday arrested a 20-year-old man from Kapan of Kathmandu in possession of a red panda hide. A team deployed from the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police arrested Nabin Rai (20), a permanent resident of Taksindu-1 of Solukhumbu district from Kapan, Budhanilakantha-14 today. The CIB was…
Read updateIndia: Marine Police of Coastal Security Group (CSG) have seized 200 kg of endangered sea cucumbers, protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and detained three persons who had procured the species from fishermen at the behest of smugglers. Acting on a tip-off, a special police team, led by…
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