India: After high drama, Forest Department personnel attached to Mandapam range seized 471 kg of fresh and 36 kg of processed sea cucumbers, protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, during a drive against fishing of the endangered species in Vedhalai near here on Sunday.
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Bangladesh: Forest department and Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday evening seized 11 pieces hides of barking deer and arrested two poachers from Kadamtali in the city.
The detainees are identified as Mostaq Ahmed and Mohammad Moniruzzaman.
Wildlife inspector Ashim Mallick of the Wildlife Crime C
India: The government today prohibited imports of skin and hides of reptiles, mink and fox amid growing awareness about protection of wildlife. Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in a notification said that import policy of some items under chapter 41 and 43 of ITC (HS) 2012 is revised.
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Bangladesh: Border Guard Bangladesh-BGB seized two tokay geckos, smuggled from India, during separate drives at Machhimpur and Banstala borders in Sunamganj yesterday. The geckos, which are prohibited to catch and sell in order save the rare species, were handed over to forest division, said BGB of
India: In one of the biggest seizures of freshwater turtles in the state, the forest department with the help of local cops seized more than 3,000 flapshell turtles, protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, in Burdwan since December 29. While 1850 turtles were sized on December
