GUWAHATI: A poacher was gunned down in Kaziranga National Park during an encounter early on Wednesday morning. The park's divisional forest officer S K Seal Sarma said at least three poachers sneaked into the park on Tuesday night. "The poachers might have entered the park after crossing the Brahmap
India: The state government has admitted that 13 lions died in accidents in Gir-Somnath, Amreli and Jungadh districts in the year beginning June 1, 2013. In a written reply to Talala MLA Jasubhai Barad's query, the state government stated that of the 13 lions which died, three were electrocuted, fou
KATHMANDU, June 24: A joint squad of the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Kathmandu and Makawanpur Police on Tuesday nabbed four persons red-handed with a rhino horn from a hotel in Manchowk-2 of Hetauda as they were sealing a deal with customers.
The arrested have been identified as Indra Ba
Illegal wildlife trade worth up to $213 billion dollars a year is funding organised crime, including global terror groups and militias, according to a report by the United Nations and Interpol. Aside from the well-documented ivory trade of up to around $400m a year that trickles to some militias in
A new WikiLeaks-style website targeting the kingpins of wildlife crime has attracted serious leads on elephant, tiger, fishery and forest destruction across the globe in its first three months. The WildLeaks website, which uses Tor technology to ensure anonymity, has been set up by Andrea Crosta, a
