India: Four persons were arrested in West Bengal on Tuesday in connection with illegal smuggling of 689 endangered Indian soft-shell river turtles.
An official said after getting a tip off, a team of CID apprehended Lachman Kumar, 30, Raj Kumar, 25, Sushil Kumar, 20, and Raju Kumar, 30, hailin
India: Three poachers were caught red-handed laying traps for herbivorous animals in forests of Mailani range in the buffer zone of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, officials said Sunday.
"The poachers were caught red-handed late on Saturday night when they were laying half a dozen 'khabars' (nets us
India: A team of official led by Beat Officer, Jeepghat Beat under Anchalghat Range Dy. FR, Orin Perme arrested five dreaded hunters from Sanyasi Tukura under Anchalghat Range on Saturday morning at the D. Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary here in East Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh.
India: Three Bhutanese citizens were arrested in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district with an illegal consignment of a rhino horn and an elephant tusk, an official said on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, forest officials conducted a search operation in Dooars area on Saturday
India: A pastor attached to a church in Krishnagiri of Tamil Nadu has landed behind bars in Chikkamagaluru after he was caught by the forest squad while he was trying to sell a fake tiger pelt made out of a calf's skin. Interestingly, the pastor took to deceiving people to raise funds for the church
