India: Based on a tip-off from village wildlife volunteers of NGO-Tiger Watch, officials of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve helped Madhya Pradesh forest department nabbing two Mogias involved in poaching of a leopard and in process of selling it.
The forest department got a tip-off about some people w
India: The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on Sunday apprehended two persons for illegal smuggling of Rhino horn, Tokay gecko and Reindeer horn from India to China. After receiving specific information on June 3, the SSB Simlabari, under FTR Siliguri, seized one Rhino horn weighing 145gms, four Tokay Geck
India: A court here has sentenced a person to seven years rigorous imprisonment for rhino poaching in Kaziranga National Park. The Additional District and Session Judge (Fast Track Court), Golaghat, A Ahmed yesterday convicted Sukhdeo Kutumb and slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on him.
Kutumb was invol
India: As part of their annual drive against frog hunting in the state, the South Goa forest department's mobile squad, late Wednesday night, arrested three youth for hunting frogs and recovered 11 live bullfrogs from them.
The team led by Range Forest Officer (RFO) Siddesh Gaudenabbed three boys
India: Forest Department officials have seized three tusks at Melur near Srirangam and arrested one person in this connection.
Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Forest Ranger, Tiruchi R. Ravikrishnan on Wednesday, on the direction of the District Forest Officer N. Satish, went to Chettiarthoppu in
