Forest officials seize black coral, animal parts

India: In a joint operation by Maharashtra Forest Department’s Kalyan Range Forest Office (RFO) team and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), Western Region, 250 black coral and 50 Hatha Jodi (penises of monitor lizard) were seized from a commercial shop at a residential building in Kalyan on
3 red sanders smugglers held, logs seized

India: Police arrested three smugglers and seized red sanders logs from their possession Saturday. Task force SP M Sundara Rao said three teams carried out combing operations inside the Seshachalam forests at three different locations near Tirupati and made the arrests. The arrested smugglers were
CISF SI held with 3.5 kg pangolin scales

India: A combined team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and Chhattisgarh Forest Department nabbed a Sub-Inspector of CISF and Security In-charge of Raipur Airport and seized scales of pangolin in Raipur from him, on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Jitendra Koche, son of Naresh K