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Wildlife Crime News
Selected wildlife crime reporting from external publishers, clearly attributed and linked to its original source.
Tirupati, India: In a significant crackdown on the smuggling of red sanders, Task Force personnel confiscated 101 red sander logs, along with a mini truck and two motorcycles, at the Poramamillu Forest area in Kadapa district. They also apprehended one smuggler in connection with the incident. Revealing the case…
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Lahore, Pakistan: Acting on a tip-off, authorities swiftly took action to intercept the illegal shipment of turtles. These rare turtles, individually packed in groups of 100, were destined for Pakistan from Thailand. The Wildlife Department, upon receiving intelligence about the smuggling attempt, immediately…
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Chennai, India: Customs officials recovered around 5000 Red Eared Sliders from unclaimed baggage at Chennai airport on Saturday. The Batik Air flight from Kuala Lumpur arrived at the Chennai airport on Friday at midnight. After all the passengers had taken their luggage from the Conveyor belt, the security officers…
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Assam, India: The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police on Wednesday recovered 15.2 kg of illegally smuggled elephant tusks during an anti-poaching operation near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The STF launched an operation near the state border in collaboration with the Dhemaji police based on specific…
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Vyara (Tapi), India: Six poachers arrested for removing leopard body parts in Khervada forest for gambling. A leopard carcass was found with missing whiskers, teeth, and legs. The investigation led to the recovery of Indian civet body parts. This is similar to the case of Surat district in 2016. The poachers…
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Delhi, India: The State Forest Department of Bihar has seized four live sloth bears (three males and one female) from a village close to the interstate border of Jharkhand and Bihar. This is the third incident of seizures out of a total of eight sloth bears in the past three months from different districts of Bihar…
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Bhubaneswar, India: The forest department officials in Odisha have busted an inter-state wildlife smuggling racket in Gajapati district and arrested seven people of the gang.The officials seized skins of five leopards, one fishing cat and one leopard cat along with a huge quantity of pangolin scales from their…
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Bhopal, India: The Madhya Pradesh State Tiger Strike Force (STSF) has arrested an alleged poacher targeting the prey base intended for Cheetahs translocated from Namibia and South Africa as part of the ambitious reintroduction project. This operation was carried out through the combined efforts of the Shivpuri unit…
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Bhubaneswar, India: The Special Task Force (STF) of the crime branch wing of Odisha Police has arrested two persons and seized leopard skin from his possession during a raid near Narla Railway Station in Kalahandi district. “During the search, a leopard Skin along with other incriminating materials was recovered from…
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