Bhubaneswar, India: Tracking trade link from south and east coast of India all the way up to the Himalayas, a joint team of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) seized wildlife products, including Himalayan musk deer pods, from a gems store in Bhubanesw
Sambalpur, India: The Forest officials caught three poachers red-handed while they were de-skinning and cooking leopard meet in Hiraloi village near Landakot reserve forest under Rairakhol forest division in the district on Tuesday. The forest officials also seized the leopard skin and meat besi
Nagpur, India: Pune and Jalgaon customs department officials, carrying out a joint operation, arrested six persons, including two women, for trafficking a tiger skin. The accused have been booked under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Based on specific information, the officers of Nagpur cus
Dehradun, India: In a major crackdown on wildlife trafficking, the Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) has arrested three interstate wildlife traffickers and recovered two elephant tusks weighing around 14 kg in a joint operation with the Tarai Central Forest Division and Shyampur police. The opera
Naharlagun, India: In a significant crackdown, the Naharlagun police have arrested four individuals on charges of attempting to peddle suspected heroin and sell critically endangered geckos. The operation, led by Naharlagun SP Mihin Gambo, was initiated after the Banderdewa police station received
