India: Four persons were arrested yesterday and skin of a tiger and a leopard, worth lakhs in international market, were seized from them in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, police said today.  Acting on a tip-off, police arrested Mahattam Dahivele (50), Puneet Ram Nagwanshi (45), Chainlal Yadav (25
One sentenced on possession of leopard skin

India: The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Pithoragarh has sentenced a person, who found involved in leopard skin smuggling in 2012 to three years imprisonment and has also imposed a fine of ten thousand rupees on him. Four others were absolved of charges on lack of evidence. The incident happene
Over 4,000 valuable animal parts burned to ashes

Nepal: Thousands of valuable animal skins and other parts, stored for about 20 years after they were seized from poachers, were destroyed on a huge pyre in the Chitwan National Park (CNP) on Monday, in a symbolic gesture of the country’s commitment against wildlife trade and poaching. More than 4,