India: Officials of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Kochi, arrested three persons while attempting to trade a sand boa, a snake variety included in the Schedule 4 of the Wildlife Protection Act. The arrested were identified as Ramesh and Anilkumar of Kollam and Muhammad Ismail of Kambam, Tamil Na
India The property cell of the city crime branch on Thursday arrested taxi driver, Vipul Joshi (28), for possessing and planning to sell an Earth Boa Snake. The police had received an information that someone would be coming near Reay Road station to sell a snake. A police team, along with the
India: A special court here denied anticipatory bail to a national-level shooter on Thursday in an alleged case of running a poaching and illegal arms racket.
Special judge Sudesh Kumar denied relief to Prashant Vishnoi, noting that a number of incriminating items, including skulls, skin and meat of
India: Operation Wild Net, a crackdown on illegal wildlife trade through internet, delivered its first breakthrough on Tuesday when the Malaysian police arrested an Indian smuggler and seized 55 turtles, some of which are endangered, from him.
Fakruddin Ali Ahmad Habeeb was arrested based on a tipof
India: Two poachers, part of a six-member gang, were arrested for hunting, killing and transporting parts of blackbuck and deer in Banvasi Range, Sirsi, in Uttara Kannada district. Four culprits are absconding.
On Sunday morning, Abdul Majid (65) and Abdul Karim (45)were arrested when they were tran
