India: Making a strong pitch for tiger conservation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday underlined the need for collaboration between governments at the highest level to check trafficking in body parts of the wildcat.Noting that conservation of tiger or nature is "not a drag" on development, t
India: The Union Cabinet gave its nod for India adopting the statute of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) which will help in checking cross border wildlife crimes.The approval by the Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi allows the country to become a forma
Nepal: Regional Investigation Team (RIT) deployed by Far-Western Regional Police Office, Doti has recovered leopard skins and bones from Jhalari Peepaladi municipality of Kanchanpur.The RIT led by Sub-Inspector Keshav Joshi arrested 34-year-old Padam Thagunna with 15 kg of leopard bones and three p
Nepal: Police arrested a man in possession of pangolin scales from Chainpur-18 in the district on Saturday. Forty-nine-year-old Ridardandi Bhote, a resident of Chepuwa-6, was held with 1.6 kilograms of pangolin scales, said police. He was detained during a security check on a Khandba
India: Forest officials of the Belakoba range under West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district arrested four persons for smuggling skin and bones of Royal Bengal Tigers. They seized 11 feet length tiger skin and 88 pieces of tiger bones from New Alipurduar district. Forest ranger of Belakoba forest, Sanjay
