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India: Wildlife officials on Tuesday arrested two persons for killing a leopard in Talpada area of Rairangpur division in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district. Official sources said the leopard's skin and a country-made gun have been seized. The leopard was killed on Sunday night and the wildlife…
Read updateIndia: Manas National Park authority and police recovered a tiger skin and arrested three persons on Tuesday in connection with poisoning of a big cat last week. The recovery was made from Betbari, an encroached area under Bhuyapara range of the park. The forest and police team got the tip-off of the tiger skin…
Read updateThe SAWEN Secretariat organized the First and Second Executive Committee (EC) Meeting coinciding with the Third Annual Meeting of SAWEN held on last week of October 2016 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The First EC meeting was held on 25 October 2016 in presence of SAWEN focal persons from six member countries except…
Read updateIndia: Two poachers were killed and a cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from them by forest guards inside Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. According to Forest Department officials, two poachers were shot dead by the forest protection force last night at Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. A gang of poachers entered…
Read updateIndia: Police apprehended at least seven suspected poachers in two separate incidents on Thursday. While three persons were held with a rhino horn in Pathsala town in lower Assam's Barpeta district, four others were arrested in Karbi Anglong district. The trio held in Pathsala were arrested while they were on their…
Read updateIndia: In a major breakthrough, a suspected rhino horn was recovered by police and three persons were arrested in this connection, last night. Following a tip-off, the police under the leadership of Ramandeep Kaur, SDPO, Bajali and with the help of CRPF 10 Bn carried out the operation and recovered a rhino horn from…
Read updateIndia: Two persons were arrested in Vasai for allegedly trying to sell animal parts which police suspect are antique. Police seized five horns and tusks from the duo, which is estimated at around IRs 14.18 lakh. "Salim Tambe (45), who hails from Ratnagiri, and Gulamhussain alias Pappu Shamsuddin Shaikh (38), a local…
Read updateIndia: A team from Meerut divisional forest office and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau raided a house in Sotiganj and seized three owls, 14 parrots and 40 other wild birds — commonly known as muniya — on Wednesday morning. The team arrested one Shyam Kumar in connection with the case. The owls, which come under…
Read updateIndia: Chikkajala police have arrested four persons and have rescued a rare two-headed red sand boa, said to be worth more than Rs 1 crore in the illegal wildlife trade market. Police claimed that all four arrested were middlemen in a major smuggling racket involving rare animals. They would buy snakes from catchers…
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