India: Forest officials investigating the tigress poaching case in Mul range have made seven more arrests. The accused arrested on Tuesday night and Wednesday had purchased nails and canines of the poached tigress from the poachers. The poaching racked was busted with the arrest of poacher Dilip Mad
India: Twenty woodcutters from Tamil Nadu, found felling red sanders, were killed in an alleged encounter in the Seshachalam forest at the foot of the Tirumala hills on Tuesday.
The newly formed Red-sanders Anti-Smuggling Taskforce was on a combing operation near Srinivasa Mangapuram, Srivarimettu
India: A local court on Friday sentenced two people to three year in jail and imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000 on them for killing a leopard in the Kasro range of Rajaji National Park in 2005. Mohan Singh (50) and Shambhu Singh (70), residents of a village near the national park, were found guilty by
"The gunman advances close to the animal, against the wind. He shoots. After if falls the other two join the killer, this time to extract the horn. Then we go to our hideout and wait for the cover of night before we walk to the border." Eusebio lives in one of many small Mozambican villages scattere
India: The illegal felling of sandalwood trees from different parts of Pudur and Sholayur grama panchayats had been reported from Attappadi Hills during the last couple of weeks. There were incidents of felling of old trees and also planted sandalwood of 20 to 30 years old from Veettikundu, Puliyapp
