NAGPUR: The judicial magistrate first class (JMFC), R B Raja, on Monday sent tiger skin trader Sarju Bagdi alias Surajbhan to magisterial custody remand (MCR) till October 17 and reserved order on bail application of two poaching case accused Mamru and Chika for October 9.
Sarju, who was under fo
(Rhinos horns are sought for use in traditional medicines, but are said to have no proven benefits)
At least fourteen alleged members of a gang of rhinoceros poachers have been arrested in Nepal, officials say.
Those arrested include Buddhi Bahadur Praja, the alleged leader of a cross-border smu
NAIROBI, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's first lady Margaret Kenyatta on Thursday called on the international community to place a moratorium on ivory trading in order to save the elephant from extinction. Margaret who has launched an anti-poaching campaign dubbed "Hands off our Elephants," whose main o
HWANGE, Zimbabwe: The stench of rotting elephant carcasses hangs in the air in western Zimbabwe where wildlife officials say at least 91 elephants were poisoned with cyanide by poachers who hack off the tusks for the lucrative illegal ivory market. Massive bones, some already bleached by the blister
BHOPAL: Almost eight months after Nepal Police confiscated five tiger hides and seven sacks full of tiger bones from Nuwakot district, Madhya Pradesh (MP) forest department is yet to verify its links with the state. It is also sitting over a recommendation from the wildlife control bureau and Nation
