India: Four juveniles were held and forwarded to court on charges of wildlife poaching, informed Rairakhol DFO Pradeep Kumar Sahu.
Sahu said that the four minors were caught on Sunday by the forest officials while laying power lines for wildlife hunting.
They were tested for COVID-19 and later
India: A man was arrested in Berhampur Monday evening for allegedly trying to sell a leopard skin.
Acting on a tip-off the forest department officials with local police apprehended the person, Berhampur DFO Amlan Nayak said.
The man, identified as P. Sushant Reddy, was arrested after the leopard ski
India: Police have arrested a smuggler named Sandeep from Kasta town under Mitauli police station area in L Khiampur Khiri district. Police have recovered two double-handed snakes of rare species from his possession. He was going to deliver these. But the police caught him red-handed.
India: The forest personnel of Nameri National Park and Tiger Reserve nabbed a poacher who tried to enter the park on Saturday evening.
The poacher has been identified as Deji Khaklari.
“As a poachers’ group tried to enter the Nameri National Park and Tiger Reserve, the alert f
India: Odisha wildlife department officials have seized three leopard skins and arrested four young men in Nabarangpur district for allegedly being involved in smuggling.
Chief wildlife warden HS Upadhyay said a team of wildlife officials of Nabarangpur district intercepted two vehicles at different