India: The special operation group team of Pithoragarh police on Saturday seized an eight-foot-long leopard skin worth Rs 5-7 lakh, and arrested three people in this connection, who were on their way to Nepal via Didihat.
Police have identified the accused as Ajay Singh of Didihat, Manohar Singh fro
India: Security forces on Saturday arrested a six-member gang of poachers and illegal wildlife traders from central Assam's Nagaon district, officials said. They also recovered a rhino horn from the gang.
Based on intelligence input provided by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, a Nagaon police team
India: Poachers killed another one horned rhino in Assam’s Biswanath district.
Forest guards on Sunday recovered a bullet injured, dehorned carcass of a male rhino at Modajir Tapu near Batimari in the northern Assam district.
A top official of state forest department said that poachers had killed
India: A Delhi court has sentenced two persons to three years of imprisonment for indulging in illicit trafficking of leopard skins from Karnal in Haryana to Sunder Nagar in Delhi.
"Parliament, in bringing a new legislation for protection of wild life, was inspired by the urge to preserve what littl
India Kaziranga forest staff and police arrested six persons from a nearby village in the park on Monday on charges of their involvement in rhino poaching. Members of the forest staff seized 10 rounds of live ammunition of .303 rifle from them.
"Acting on a tip-off, a joint operation of police an
