Pakistan Customs has foiled an attempt to smuggle 145kg of pangolin scales from Benazir Bhutto Intl' Airport, Islamabad to Hong Kong here on Monday. According to details, the Customs staff at BBI Airport seized 145kg of pangolin scales from the baggage of two suspected Chinese passengers departing f
KATHMANDU, May 1: "Yes, I did it," said Tanjing Nima Lama, without making any effort whatsoever in his defense. "I did it for money."
After the 70-year-old Tibetan admitted to his involvement in the killing of a rhino and then selling its horn, he was slapped with a 13-year jail term. In the Apr
A Sydney teacher caught with Australia’s largest recorded haul of illegal wildlife items, including skulls and teeth from orangutans, bears and tigers, has been given a suspended prison sentence. John Kolettas pleaded guilty in the Parramatta local court last year after 78 items were seized from h
GUWAHATI: The Kaziranga National Park lost another rhino to poachers on Wednesday, taking the toll to 12 this year so far in the World Heritage Site.
Park officials suspect involvement of militants in the latest killing at Kukurakata in Kaziranga's Burapahar forest range.
Officials said 14 emp
JORHAT: A male adult rhino was killed and its horn taken away by poachers in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, taking the number of pachyderms killed this year to nine.
Park personnel recovered the carcass of the rhino from near Borgung Camp on the western side of the Burapahar Range of the World
