India: Forest officials on Friday morning arrested six persons involved in poaching of a Royal Bengal Tiger in the Manas National Park in western Assam and recovered from their possession a tiger skin and 154 pieces of tiger bones too. The recovery was made following a raid in two villages on the fr
India: A couple was arrested near Pratapgarh while allegedly smuggling nearly 5 kg of elephant ivory. A country-made pistol and bullets were also seized from them. The suspects were under surveillance for more than 11 months before being caught by a joint team of UP Special Task Force, Wildlife Cri
India: The forest department and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) in Coimbatore seized around 25,000 painting brushes, allegedly made using mongoose hair, from six stationery shops in the city on Wednesday.
Chandrasekhar, a volunteer with WCCB, told The News Minute that they had been con
India: Seventeen persons including four poachers have been arrested for allegedly killing a leopard in a forest area in Nirmal district of Telangana, and trying to sell the skin of the wild cat, police said today.
"On credible information, 17 persons were nabbed over the past four days with the assi
India: The Wildlife Crime Cell of Odisha Police Crime Branch today seized contraband wildlife products in Bargarh town and arrested three persons.
"Wildlife Crime Cell of Odisha Crime Branch makes seizure of contraband wildlife products in Bargarh town area," Special DG of Police, Crime, Bijay Kumar
