India: Two poachers were on Tuesday caught with four Indian eagle-owls near Chikkodi in Belagavi district while they were delivering the birds to a ‘potential customer’ they had met on an online portal. Little did they know that they were walking into a trap laid by forest departmen
India: Two dreaded poachers were nabbed by Sootea police in Biswanath district of Assam on Thursday.
Sootea police managed to nab the poachers when they are trying to sneak into the sixth addition of Kaziranga National Park with the evil intention of rhino poaching.
Arms and ammu
India: The pair of hoolock gibbons, two palm civets and 42 exotic birds of different species seized from a car on the Basanti Highway on Thursday were allegedly on their way to Mumbai.
The animals were to be delivered to a seller waiting near Science City, who would in turn transport them to Mu
India: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested two men for allegedly smuggling gibbons and some exotic birds into the country from Bangladesh.
Acting on inputs, the DRI officials intercepted a car near the Indo-Bangla border at North 24 Parganas yesterday.
Three cages full of wild
India: Eight pitcher plants that are found in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya and two varieties of orchid were seized from a house in Rahara last week.
Stocking or cultivating these outside the wild is banned under the wildlife protection act.
The Orchids seized are Blue Vanda and Ladies Slipper.
