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