Nepal: An elephant has been killed by a group of poachers at Punarbas Municipality-10 in Kanchanpur district, on Thursday night, said the Disrict Forest Office.
Acting Forest Office at the DFO Bir Bahadur Thagunna confirmed that the elephant was killed by laying a trap inside the local Namuna Commun
India:The soldiers of SSB’s 53rd Battalion Simlabari seized armaments and an elephant tusk from Jaigaon today. One man named Manju Miyan, a local of Jaigaon, was arrested in connection to this.
Manju Miyan was arrested with the arms and the elephant tusk in his possession after the soldiers of the
India: In what is believed to be one of the largest seizures of its kind in the country, officials of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and West Bengal Forest Department have seized 32,985 mongoose-hair painting brushes from Kolkata’s Burrabazar area.
Four shopkeepers selling these brushes
India: A 45 years old smuggler named Rathindra Sarkar was caught by the 53rd Battalion of SSB and the Simulbari Forest Department for possessing elephant’s teeth from the Satpukur Sandabari area of Falakata.
Sarkar was nabbed during a special operation that had been planned based on inputs from se
India: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and the Forest Protection Squad in Tamil Nadu have confirmed the arrest of a person for keeping 2515 rare Indian Star tortoises for smuggling purposes.
The tortoises were recovered from the residence of a person living in Avadi which is on th
