Vyara (Tapi), India: Six poachers arrested for removing leopard body parts in Khervada forest for gambling. A leopard carcass was found with missing whiskers, teeth, and legs. The investigation led to the recovery of Indian civet body parts. This is similar to the case of Surat district in 2016.
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Delhi, India: The State Forest Department of Bihar has seized four live sloth bears (three males and one female) from a village close to the interstate border of Jharkhand and Bihar.
This is the third incident of seizures out of a total of eight sloth bears in the past three months from differen
Bhubaneswar, India: The forest department officials in Odisha have busted an inter-state wildlife smuggling racket in Gajapati district and arrested seven people of the gang.The officials seized skins of five leopards, one fishing cat and one leopard cat along with a huge quantity of pangolin scales
Bhubaneswar, India: The Special Task Force (STF) of the crime branch wing of Odisha Police has arrested two persons and seized leopard skin from his possession during a raid near Narla Railway Station in Kalahandi district.
“During the search, a leopard Skin along with other incriminating materia
Bhopal, India: The Madhya Pradesh State Tiger Strike Force (STSF) has arrested an alleged poacher targeting the prey base intended for Cheetahs translocated from Namibia and South Africa as part of the ambitious reintroduction project. This operation was carried out through the combined efforts o