Guwahati: Forest officials arrested a man in Biswanath on Tuesday for possessing a wild pig tooth.The accused, Gopal Sundari of Bihpukhuri in Lahirijan, was arrested by the Crime Investigation Range (CIR) of Biswanath Wildlife Division following inputs about the alleged sale of the animal part as a wildlife trophy.“We intercepted the accused while he was…
Ahmedabad: The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) has seized suspected ambergris, commonly known as whale vomit, worth Rs 1 crore from a man near Dholera and arrested him under provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).Acting on a tip-off, a team led by police inspector A J Chauhan raided Raj Chamunda Hotel near Pipli village…
Report has exposed how despite regulations in place Meta still has an ever growing illegal wildlife animal trafficking market A report by several NGOs on Monday accused Meta of hosting the world’s “largest single known illegal wildlife trade market” on its Facebook platform, with conservationists saying the company effectively encourages the trade by allowing users…
Guwahati: Assam Police’s Special Task Force (STF), along with officers from Sidli police station, arrested nine suspected wildlife traffickers and rescued eight endangered golden langurs from Chirang district, during a late-night operation on Friday.The primates are listed as “endangered” on the IUCN Red List of threatened species. The suspects have been identified as Injamamul Hoque…
Madikeri: The forest mobile squad arrested two persons for allegedly attempting to sell a star tortoise.Police acted on a tip-off that two persons were attempting to sell a star tortoise at a bus shelter in Kannanda Padubira Circle in Madikeri city. At 6.30pm on Tuesday, the team conducted a raid, detained the two accused and…
Varanasi: Two ivory tusks and an elephant’s jaw were recovered and three poachers were arrested by joint team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) Gorakhpur, STF and divisional forest office staff in Mirzapur district on Tuesday.Divisional forest officer (Mirzapur) Rakesh Kumar said that acting on specific inputs about wildlife trafficking the joint team of WCCB,…
The eight arrested men with the leopard skin seized from them Koraput: The forest department arrested eight people and seized a leopard skin during a raid at Revalkona Chowk under Kalyansinghpur forest range of Rayagada district on Saturday. Acting on specific intel inputs, a joint team of Rayagada and Kalahandi forest divisions conducted the operation…
Leopard skin allegedly being offered for sale from a hotel near Surat railway station Surat: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Monday apprehended two men after recovering a leopard skin allegedly being offered for sale from a hotel near Surat railway station. Officials said the accused were allegedly expecting more than Rs 50 lakh…
The slender loris is widely considered an indicator species for forest health The slender loris is widely considered an indicator species for forest health The slender loris is widely considered an indicator species for forest health The slender loris is widely considered an indicator species for forest health The slender loris is widely considered an…
Mysuru: CID police forest mobile unit sleuths have arrested a person on charges of attempting to sell grey francolins near Rammanahalli village in Mysuru taluk on Tuesday.According to a release, two grey francolins were being attempted to be sold near the public playground at Rammanahalli on Mysore-Mahadevpura Road. Around 10.30 am, when the team went…
