India: A 52-year-old man from Ratnagiri has been arrested with leopard skin.The Crime Branch Unit III of the Navi Mumbai Police nabbed Ashrap Chipolkar after laying a trap for him near Little World Mall last week. An unidentified person from Dapoli gave the leopard skin to Mr. Chipolkar, who was to

India: Bengaluru police on Friday arrested six persons, including businessmen and a college student, who were allegedly involved in selling wild animals’ skin and horns, from Uttara Kannada district.  According to sources, Mahalakshmi Layout police arrested two persons — Manjunath R
Blue eclectus smuggling

India: Three blue eclectus parrots, one of them the more flamboyant male of the species, were found in the boot of a car that customs officials had intercepted on the Kalyani Expressway on June 27. Four pairs of African pygmy falcons, three red-and-blue macaws and seven white ducks were confiscated

India: The Manak Chowk police on Sunday recovered the skin of a tiger, nails and fake silver coins from two accused. Police said that on July 1 it has arrested one Ajay Kumar Gokhru with nails and other items. After he was interrogated, the police zeroed in on two wildlife smugglers from Shirdi