India: Forest officials apprehended four suspected smugglers and seized 105 star tortoises from them during a raid in the Surabhi forest area in Lakkireddipalle mandal in Kadapa district on Sunday.
The accused were allegedly smuggling the star tortoises to Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata by packing them
India: A 40-year-old man was killed and eight policemen were injured when members of a nomadic tribe attacked a police party which had gone to arrest him for allegedly poaching wild animals. "The eight-member police team had gone to arrest Pusa last evening near Silaria village but members of his t
India: Investigation into the sale of meat of endangered wild animals is a well-organised racket, forest department officials said, a day after sleuths seized two black buck horns, animal meat and 24 quails from a Old City residence. Black buck is a rare Indian antelope, found in Pakistan, India a
Nepal: A person was held with Leopard hide from Patan of Baitadi on Wednesday.
The District Police Office, Baitadi shared that Mahesh Singh Sutar of Shivanath Rural Municipality-6 was arrested in possession of Leopard skin.
Police Inspector at Baitadi District Police Office Hariom Khadka informed th
India: In yet another breakthrough, that too close on the heels of killing of two armed poachers inside Orang National Park (ONP) on Monday midnight, a joint team of Darrang and Udalguri police recovered a large quantity of materials used in poaching of rhinos including one .303 rifle and one short
