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
India: The forest department, Pune, and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) arrested eight people, including an ayurveda practitioner and an academician, on the charge of possessing and dealing in the skins of two leopards and a tiger in the Warje area on Wednesday. A case has been registered a
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
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
India: Three people were arrested on Thursday for killing Bandhavgarh’s most popular tigress, Amanalabali, and dumping her body in a well, a forest department official said. The tigress was 14 years old.
A team of forest officials arrested Shivlal Baiga, Babulal Baiga and Kailash Baiga, all reside