India: Five villagers who allegedly trapped and killed a leopard in the jungles of Talasari in Palghar district in January have been arrested by the forest department. Deputy conservator of forests (Dahanu) Nanasaheb Ladkat said a few body parts of a leopard were seized from them. “These men h
India: A team of Badkot police and SOG late on Sunday arrested a smuggler with two leopard skins from the forest of Radi Top region in Uttarkashi district.
The accused, Kedar Panwar, son of late Ram Singh, a resident Chopda village of Badkot region was going to Dehradun to sell the leopard s
India: The forest department at Bordi, Dahanu on Thursday arrested five poachers, almost 50 days after the carcass of an adult leopard was found in Vevji village in Talasari. The five men have been charged under section 50(1) of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. They were produced in the Dahanu cou
India: Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel seized two endangered lizard species specimens and arrested two persons from Kishanganj, close to the Indo-Bangladesh border, on Thursday evening.
An SSB team led by assistant commandant Rajiv Rana intercepted Tarachand Oraon near the border. They were car
India: Special task force team of wildlife and police arrested a man for his alleged involvement in illegal trade of endangered turtles and reef-building corals through whats app. He brought illegal items from Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata and sold them here. The arrest was made by STF on March 7 af
