India: Marine Police of Coastal Security Group (CSG) have seized 200 kg of endangered sea cucumbers, protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and detained three persons who had procured the species from fishermen at the behest of smugglers. Acting on a tip-off, a special poli
India: Manas National Park authority and police recovered a tiger skin and arrested three persons on Tuesday in connection with poisoning of a big cat last week.
The recovery was made from Betbari, an encroached area under Bhuyapara range of the park.
The forest and police team got the tip-off of t
India: Two poachers were killed and a cache of arms and ammunition were recovered from them by forest guards inside Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary.
According to Forest Department officials, two poachers were shot dead by the forest protection force last night at Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary.
A gang of
India: Police apprehended at least seven suspected poachers in two separate incidents on Thursday. While three persons were held with a rhino horn in Pathsala town in lower Assam's Barpeta district, four others were arrested in Karbi Anglong district.
The trio held in Pathsala were arrested while th
India: Chikkajala police have arrested four persons and have rescued a rare two-headed red sand boa, said to be worth more than Rs 1 crore in the illegal wildlife trade market. Police claimed that all four arrested were middlemen in a major smuggling racket involving rare animals. They would buy sna
