India:Three persons, two natives of Pilibhit district and one from Uttarakhand, were arrested on Tuesday midnight by a team led by DFO, North Kheri, Anil Patel with more than 2,000 parakeets.
Forest officials said the trio was involved in interstate poaching and smuggling of birds, es
India: Forest officials on Monday nabbed three poachers in the reserve forest of Shiroda seizing from them 7 kg of civet cat meat, a locally-made pistol, bullets and copper.
The poachers have been identified as Ulhas Velip (38), Chandrakant Velip (38) – both residents of Padi Canacona –
India: Two suspected rhino poachers were killed in an encounter with Special Task Force of police in central Assam's Morigaon district early on Tuesday, police said.
A STF team went to Sitalmari char near Orang Wildlife Sanctuary in adjacent Darrang
Nepal: Police in Dolakha have arrested two people in possession of pangolin scales.
Arjun Devkota, 23, and Saurabh Gole, 19, of Kamalamai Municipality-3 in Sindhuli were arrested along with pangolin scales weighing 2.9 kilograms. Pangolin is a protected wildlife species.
The two were arrested from B
India: A team from the Chitwan National Park (CNP) has arrested a fugitive who was convicted of poaching an endangered one-horned rhino from the CNP four years ago.
The team apprehended Ishwori Prasad Mahato of Kawasoti Municipality-10 in Nawalparasi district on Thursday. Assistant Conservation Offi
