India: Police in a joint operation with forest officials arrested two persons and seized tiger bones from Kolaguripathar at the Bihaliarea in Sonitpur district, some 250 km from here, on Thursday.
The two were identified as Jiten Namo Das and Pramod Hazarika. Police said, "The seized items
India: An animal welfare organisation has announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh to help nab the thief responsible for stealing four tusks. Interestingly, the reward announced by Humane Society International India (HSI India) is not about a recent case of elephant-poaching. The tusks, stolen from the Sanka
India: A 3-year-old male tiger died mysteriously in Madhya Pradesh’s Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve on Tuesday evening, taking the number of big cat deaths in the state to 6 this year.
Dileep Kumar, field director of the reserve, told Hindustan Times that the tiger was shifted to Sanjay Tiger Reserve
Sri Lanka: Acting on a tip-off, the naval personnel attached to the North Central Naval Command apprehended two persons who were illegally transporting sea hog (dugong) flesh at Oluthuduwai yesterday.
During the arrest, 82 Kg sea hog flesh and three knives were recovered with the suspects. The suspe
India: In a major breakthrough, the special task force (STF) of Madhya Pradesh forest department has arrested three poachers who have the blood of at least 30 tigers on their hands and were wanted by CBI in connection with tiger poaching cases in the Vidarbha region between October 2012 and May
