India: The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) seized 24 star tortoises from a person selling the protected species from Airoli, Navi Mumbai on Monday.
The accused, Mayuresh Nathuram Shirke, resident of Shastri Nagar, Dombivili (West), was arrested under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 with the h
India: Two poachers, alleged to have been involved in the killing and illegal smuggling of one-horned rhinoceros parts from the Kaziranga National Park, were arrested by a team of Forest Department officials from Assam in Coonoor. They were assisted by personnel from the Tamil Nadu forest department
Nepal: Acting on a tip-off, central investigation bureau of Nepal police, arrested three smugglers from Jadibuti, Kathmandu and detained a leopard skin from their possession on 19 September, 2016. The arrestees were identified as Tikaram Shrestha (40), Panchalal Tamang (30) both hailing from Panchkh
India: Marine police of Coastal Security Group (CSG) have seized about 200 kg of sea endangered cucumbers, protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and detained a man, who procured the species from fishermen at the behest of smugglers.
Acting on a tip-off, a special team, led
India: Twenty-five rose ringed parakeets that were kept in a cage and sold at Walayar in Coimbatore, close to Kerala border, were seized from a woman and two men who were selling it.
Sale of the birds on the busy Palakkad Main Road was spotted by K. Sarath Kumar, a volunteer in Animal Rescuers – a
