India: At least 30 Alexandrine parrots, known for their ability to mimic humans, were rescued here when they were being illegally transported from Punjab, a senior wildlife official said Monday.
Two smugglers, hailing from Punjab, were arrested while the search for a ma
India: Crime branch unit 1, on Saturday, arrested four people trying to sell a Sand Boa, a rare snake species, which comes under the Schedule 3 animals under the Wild Life Protection Act 1972. Recently the city and rural police arrested people in possession of the snake. It appears to have two heads
India: The Valsad district court has remanded to forest department custody an owner of a private farm house in the interior village of Kaprada taluka after he was arrested for illegally keeping two blackbucks. Kaprada range forest officials rescued the blackbucks from the farmhouse of Arshad I
India: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai unit in a joint operation with WCCB & Forest Department has seized 523 star tortoise from one train passenger at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Railway station on September 6. The lady accused who was travelling from Puttaparthi, in Andhra Pradesh
India: In a joint operation, the sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 43 rare Assam Roof Turtles from the Central Railway Station on Tuesday. Two of these turtles died. The officials from the Advanced Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC) and Arignar Anna Zoological P