India: Three guides from the Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) have been arrested for poaching four monitor lizards, one mongoose and a wild boar. They were arrested on Saturday, while four others were held on Sunday. Endangered species SB Bhalavi, PTR's divisional forest officer said, "It is true; the thre

India Kothrud police on Thursday arrested a 38-year-old man from Sutardara before he could sell a tiger skin. Sandip Baban Shelke, a resident of Nepal Chawl, drives a tempo for a living. "Shelke claimed he found the skin and was just trying to sell it," said inspector Shankar Khatke. Shelke does n

India: The Kothrud police on Friday arrested a 38-year-old man and seized a tiger skin from him before he could sell it. The accused has been identified as Sandip Baban Shelke, a resident of Shivsai Nagar. He has been booked under provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act and the Arms Act. The Ko

India Two individuals illegally hunting bullfrogs in a field at Zamgad-Netravali, Sanguem in South Goa were nabbed red-handed by alert forest officials on Saturday night. Sanguem Range Forest Officer (RFO) Bipin Faldessai informed TOI that "while patrolling the area, we observed two persons carry
Two held in possession of Pangolin scales from Kathmandu

Nepal: A special police team deployed from the Central Investigation Bureau reportedly arrested two persons allegedly involved in smuggling of Pangolin scales recently. In a statement today, CIB said 43-year-old Kising Tshiring of Kageshwori Manahara Municipality-8 was held with 930 grams of Pangoli