India: A team Assam Forest Department and police officers on Friday night arrested seven people in the Kohora area of Kaziranga National Park and recovered a large quantity of tiger skin and body parts from them.
Kaziranga officials said two persons were first arrested after a vehicle, based on
India: Golfer Jyoti Randhawa was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly poaching in a forest range in Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, known for its variety of endangered species, officials said.
The international golfer and national shooter Mahesh Virajdar were arrested in Motipur range o
India: A pair of elephant tusks weighing 15 kg was seized from suspected smugglers at Ennore on Tuesday. Four suspects have been detained in the connection. A police team intercepted a bike-borne duo on suspicion during night patrol around Poonamallee on Monday. On qu
India: Six months after pangolin scales were seized by the forest department in Mahanadi wildlife division, the Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch on Saturday seized two pangolins at Ambadiha in Mayurbhanj district and arrested four persons for trying to smuggle the mammals
India: One person was arrested from Diamond Harbour town on Monday night during a joint raid by the state forest department and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau for selling paint brushes made of mongoose hair.
All six species of mongoose are protected under Schedule II part II of Wildlife (Pr
