India: Two persons were apprehended by the Telangana forest department officials on Wednesday for trying to sell a red sand boa snake, popularly known as ‘two-headed snake’, online. The arrested included Uday Kumar and Ramesh from Tandur Mandal in Vikarabad district. They had advertised on the I
India: A member of an inter-state gang of rhino horn smugglers was arrested in Assam's Sivasagar district on Monday.
"Based on specific information, we arrested Kapil Kahar, 32, a resident of Salmari village near Demow town, and seized a rhino horn weighing 1.5kg from him," Sivasagar deputy superi
India: Three people were arrested here in the early hours early on Monday for shooting a nilgai. Portions of its meat were also seized from them. One of them turned out to be a shooter who has participated in competitions at Pilibhit rifle club. Two licenced firearms and ammunition were also seized
India: Forest officials of Jaldapara National Park recovered the carcass of a poached bison on Sunday morning and they suspect that the animal was killed by poachers on Saturday night.
The foresters claim that on Saturday night a fire broke in the 10 hectare area of JP-I compartment of Jaldapara No
India: Tightening the noose around the poachers, the Forest Department sleuths arrested at least four hunters and seized a dead boar from their possession, after conducting a raid in Paikhelia forest under Jagannath Prasad Forest Range near here on Monday.
The arrested hunters have been identified