India:  Wildlife officials have arrested a poacher and seized 10 dead migratory birds from his possession near Chilika lake in Odisha, forest officials said today.The poacher was caught from Ujad Gopinathpur while trying to flee after hunting 10 Purple Moorhens yesterday, Divisional Forest Officer,

India: Three men have been arrested for illegally possessing a red sand boa at Balkum on Monday.  The crime branch unit-1 had received a tip-off that three men would be coming to Balkum to sell the snake. The cops then laid a trap and arrested the accused.  "We had stationed our officers near th

India:  Kishangarh police on Tuesday arrested two persons for selling body parts of Indian gazelle in the town. They are investigating the accused to uncover other animal killings.According to police, Ramniwas and Ramesh were trying to sell the skin and hair of gazelle in the market.  "On gettin

India: The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Chennai airport customs seized 210 Indian star tortoises from two passengers at the airport late on Sunday.  The reptiles listed under the vulnerable category by The International Union for Conservation of Nature were put inside two plastic boxes and hidd