India: The special operation group (SOG) of Champawat police has arrested an alleged poacher and recovered three leopard skins, worth over Rs 20 lakh in the international market, from his possession.
Acting on a tip-off, the SOG team with the help of the forest department nabbed 32-year-old Hoshiy
India: Forest officials have arrested five people who were poaching wild animals by laying a trap at Nagarahole Tiger Reserve near Gonikoppa.
The arrested are Kutta, Basava, Mutha, Kavala and Chubra, all residents of Paldalla Haadi.
It is said that they were poaching animals by laying a trap near t
India: Fifteen leopard skins were seized in 50 days in Uttarakhand this year, showing a spike in smuggling of animal body parts during the election period when, forest officers said, the focus was on seizure of cash, liquor and weapons.
“Wildlife criminals are smart. They knew that during election
Sri Lanka: A Sri Lankan woman was arrested with 11 kilograms of pangolin scales by the airport customs officers last night while she was trying to smuggle them to Chennai.
Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) Deputy Director Parakrama Basnayake said this was the largest stock of pangolin scales
India: Injured in a leopard attack, a farm labourer and his friends allegedly beat up the carnivore to death with an axe and wooden sticks, tied its legs to a heavy stone and threw the carcass in a river in Gir-Somnath district.
The villagers did not stop the atrocity at that and went on to retriev
