India: About 93 kgs of pangolin scales were seized from a person in Champhai town along Mizoram-Myanmar border, police said today. The scales were recovered from one C Thanga (38) yesterday and he was arrested. The seized pangolin scales are worth around Rs 20 lakh in the local market and were suspe
India: Two men were arrested by forest officials in Tiruppattur in Vellore district on Wednesday for selling musk deer pods.
Vellore district forest officer S Kalanithi told TOI that after receiving specific information about the sale, a field operative of TRAFFIC, a wildlife crime prevention organi
India: A Chinkara was killed by poachers on the Ramgarh-Jaisalmer road, about 50 off Jaisalmer on Tuesday night when the animal was drinking water from a leak in the water supply line. Later, poachers have peeled its skin. By the time other vehicles reached the spot, the poachers had escaped. The wi
India: In combing operations to apprehend red sanders smugglers, police and forest officials seized 18 logs of red sanders near Seshachalam forest area on Tuesday. Eight labourers who were engaged by smugglers to transport the logs were arrested. While some of the labourers reportedly ran away, amon
Global: Wildlife authorities in Thailand have found 40 tiger cubs in a freezer during a police raid on Tiger Temple, a tourist attraction that has faced repeated allegations of animal trafficking.
The discovery occurred after officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conser
