Pakistan: A team of the Sindh Wildlife Department has rescued five laggar falcons from two different locations. Three of the birds have been released near the Indus River.
The team, acting on a tip-off, conducted a raid on Thursday near Aamri, an area of Sehwan Sharif in district Jamshoro. During t
India: On Sunday evening, officials at the Madurai International Airport seized a rather unusual consignment - that of 247 star tortoises, and arrested one person for attempting to smuggle them out of the country. Usually, the seizures at this airport are in the form of either drugs or gold, but thi
India: Wildlife personnel on Monday arrested five persons for allegedly hunting two mouse deer at Paladiha in Baripada Forest Division, which falls under the buffer zone of Similipal Tiger Reserve.They seized four country-made guns from the poachers. They were identified as Beta Singh, Tanguru Singh
India: The forest department officers today arrested eight persons, seized a leopard skin and four country-made guns in separate incidents in the foothills of Similipal Hills of Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. The officers seized a 4.2 feet long and one foot wide leopard skin from Kaliani village unde
India: The officers of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) in association with the state forest department's wildlife crime control unit, arrested two persons from Bongaon on Saturday and rescued as many as 22 pieces of rare turtles, all protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act
