India: In a joint operation by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), an Algerian man was arrested at the Delhi airport on March 27 for carrying a bag made of a monitor lizard’s skin.
According to the CI
India: Unidentified people, who were poaching in the Palani forest range, left behind their rifles and a parcel of meat when they were chased away by a group of farmers on Thursday. On being alerted, a police team rushed to the spot. Two unlicensed rifles and meat were seized by Pala
India: The Palghar police seized two snakes of endangered Sandboa (Mandul) species. The officials have arrested two persons who were in possession of the snakes and were to sell them for use in medicinal and black magic purposes. The arrested accused was identified as Sunil Shanavas (46)
India: A Forest Department team arrested Sindhu, 57, known as Kolkata Thankachi, an accused in the Idamalayar elephant poaching case from Kolkata on Tuesday. Her son Ajeesh, 38, was arrested from a hotel in Thiruvananthapuram. Sindhu’s husband Sudheesh Chandra Babu and daughter Amritha w
India: Three persons from Sikkim and one from Bengal have been arrested by foresters of Baikanthapur Division of North Bengal for smuggling Pangolin scales to Bhutan.
The foresters had received information that Pangolin scales were being smuggled to Bhutan. "From early in the morning we positioned o
