Colombo, Sri Lanka: An individual has been arrested for killing hundreds of birds, including Peacocks, Wild pigeons, Parrots, and Pigeons, by feeding them poisoned food. The suspect allegedly laid the poisoned food in his paddy field and the surrounding area to deter birds from damaging his crops.
Siliguri, India: A former high-ranking officer of the Sikkim Police has been apprehended for smuggling carcasses of wild animals. The arrest took place on Thursday at a hotel near Siliguri’s North Bengal University, just before the smuggling operation. The individual in custody is a former Deputy
Colombo, Sri Lanka: A group of five individuals who had shot dead a wild elephant calf that roamed into a cultivated land at Nekettegama in Galnewa and buried the carcass in a secret location were arrested by the wildlife conservators.
The suspects were between 42 and 50 years of age and resident
Chitwan, Nepal: Chitwan National Park (CNP) officials have arrested four rhino horn smugglers who were absconding. They had smuggled the rhino horns at different times. They were charged with smuggling rhino horn by killing it in the Nandantal area on February 3, 2004.
The District Court, Chitwan,
Kathmandu, Nepal: Wildlife animal parts have gone missing from Bardiya National Park‘s storage area. According to the park, 25 tiger jaws and one rhino horn have been missing from storage.
This came to attention after Ashok Bhandari took over as the new park warden. However, sources say Bishnu
