India: Forest officers on Tuesday arrested six persons from Sreekaryam on charges of possessing an Indian pangolin (scaly anteater), a highly endangered species included in Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act.
In an operation based on a tip-off received by the Intelligence wing, the officers t
India: Owners of captive elephants are under the scanner of the Forest Department after some of the illegal ivory traders confessed to have procured tusks of captive elephants from the State.
Speaking to ‘Express’, a senior official in the Forest Department who is part of the investigation tea
India: The Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force (RSASTF) personnel led by DIG M. Kantha Rao on Friday seized three tonnes of red sanders logs worth over Rs. five crore at Jyothynagar Colony on the outskirts of Railway Kodur mandal headquarters in Kadapa district.
The RSASTF squad along with the for
Pakistan: The Sindh Wildlife Department seized on Saturday morning 22 rare falcons, each worth Rs 1 million, as they were being smuggled to Karachi.
Deputy conservator Ghulam Mohammad Gaddani told The Express Tribune that the birds, called the Saker falcons, were seized at Toll Plaza from a passenge
India: Security personnel at the Chennai airport on Thursday seized 200 star tortoises while they were being smuggled to Kuala Lumpur. Two people were detained for interrogation in this connection. Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (Southern Region) officials, who are investigating the case, said two ca
