India: The customs officials today seized about 500 kg of processed sea cucumber, worth about Rs one crore, at the Gulf of Mannar sea coast near Mandapam here when it was being loaded in a country boat for Sri Lanka.
However, the persons who were loading the sea cucumber managed to escape on seei
India: Two people have been arrested for trying to sell sand boa snakes, a protected species under the Wildlife (Protection) Act.
Officials of the Ambernath police said that Suresh Nikam (32) and Sanjay Pawar (47) were nabbed from a closed mill at about 5pm yesterday.
"The two snakes, also calle
India: In the latest wildlife offence, Sundargarh forest officials have made a seizure of wild boar meat and arrested six poachers from Karuabahal forest area under Talsara police station jurisdiction,forest officials said today. The arrested persons were member of a poaching racket active in the
India: Two persons were arrested today with body parts of a tiger they had allegedly poached in famous Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR), a Forest official said.
"We arrested Dharmraj Dhamde (32) and Sunil Lilhere(22), both residents of Lalbara area in the district, on a tip off," said KTR offici
India: One of the absconding poachers in the Pench tiger killing case, Bhimrao Parteti, was nabbed on Tuesday. Parteti, a resident of Kolitmara, is one of the 16 accused on the run after Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court rejected their anticipatory bail. The accused was dramatically arrested from S
