India: The police on Wednesday arrested 53 red sanders smugglers and coolies while they were transporting the prized wood in various parts of Kadapa district. The police seized three vehicles, 26 cell phones and red sanders logs from the possession of the accused.
This is the biggest clamp down on r
India: Two persons were arrested in Bejjur of Komrum Bheem Asifabad district while they were attempting to transport a tiger skin. The seizure of the skin, believed to have been taken from a sub-adult male tiger about two years old, sent officials of the state wildlife department scrambling to check
India: Twenty-nine tigers have died in poaching activities this year, the government on Tuesday said while asserting it has taken several steps for conservation and protection of the big cats.
Till November 16 this year, 29 tigers have died due to poaching, 32 due to natural causes while 37 other ca
Bangladesh: Forest department this afternoon rescued over two hundred migratory birds from Gouripur upazila in Mymensingh.
“The birds were being sold at a market as food item in Shyambazar area,” Ashim Kumar, wild life inspector of the forest department, told The Daily Star.
Tipped off, a team o
India: After over 18 months, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), western region, has nabbed kingpin of the international terrapin smuggling racket.
On April 24, 2015, Air Intelligence Unit of CSI airport in Mumbai intercepted two Malaysia-bound passengers along with 161 live specimens of spot
