India: The pristine forests of NR Pura in Chikkamagaluru district being a ‘buffer’ for Bhadra Tiger Reserve, witnesses tiger (and other wildlife) spillovers frequently as also conflicts. On Sunday, a tiger cub was killed in NR Pura forests, and its body parts were seized in Mandya w
India: In a major breakthrough, Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch arrested a smuggler with a leopard skin near Sambalpur-Sonepur border on Tuesday.
ording to reports, the STF conducted raid in Sambalpur-Sonepur border area and seized the leopard skin meant for illegal selling.
On the other ha
India: Foresters at the Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills Wildlife Sanctuary arrested two individuals for allegedly smuggling sandalwood trees in the early hours of Saturday. Around 1.30am on Saturday, Kollagal buffer zone range forest officer Praveen Kumar received a call from reside
India: A reinvestigation into a poaching case has led to the imposition of Rs 1 lakh fine on 13 persons and the transfer of three forest department staff, who allegedly carried out a shoddy investigation.
On September 29, a forest team led by Forest Range Officer Suresh received a
Uttarakhand forest department officials and police have arrested four people for allegedly smuggling organs of bear, musk deer and poaching Indian flapshell turtles, in two different incidents in the Kumaon region over the weekend.
In Bageshwar district, police officials on Sunday arrested one perso
