India: The Red-sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force along with the forest department officials seized 280 logs of the precious wood in the Vonipenta Forest Range in Kadapa district on Thursday.
In the wee hours of Thursday, when the smugglers were loading the logs onto the vehicles, the officials raide
India: About 2000 tortoises were recovered from a truck by a joint team of CID and West Bengal police from the Chakdaha-Bongao road under Chakdaha police station area in Nadia district, police said on Wednesday.
On an information, CID sleuths and policemen intercepted the truck carrying 2000 tortois
Nepal: Police said two persons have been arrested in possession of Eurasian otter from Kalimati of KMC-12.
The mammal (scientific name Lutra lutra) is considered to be Near Threatened species due to sharp fall in its population and has been included in the IUCN’s Red List.
A special police team
India: Forest officials on Tuesday seized about 15 kg of venison and arrested a poacher from Batighar village on the fringes of the Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary in Kendrapara district. “Acting on information that poachers had hunted a spotted deer in the mangrove forest areas within the park, h
India: A wildlife photographer, who works as a software engineer in the city, was among four people arrested for illegally selling mounted trophies of tigers and a leopard.
The police have recovered three stuffed tigers and one black panther, which are alleged to have been obtained from a businessma
