'Bio-diversity hit by ignorance, low income of forest people'Deputy director of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau identifies ignorance coupled with income as reasons for the pressure on the balance of bio...
29 Dec, 2015, 03.38 PM IST
Threatened tortoises & turtles rescued from Kolkata, two heldThe officers of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) in a joint effort with the crime control unit of the state forest department seize...
07 Aug, 2015, 01.13 AM IST
WCCB seeks timely report on wildlife offencesIn a move to step up action against offences involving wildlife, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has written to various agencies i...
17 Jun, 2015, 07.59 PM IST
No leash on online trading of animal partsThe Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has recently traced at least 200 websites all over the country, which are being used by people to trade i...
15 Dec, 2013, 05.28 AM IST
- Pangolin scales seized
The recent seizure of 70 kilograms pangolin scales from Debidanga and arrest of seven persons have once again proved that the Siliguri corr...
06 Aug, 2013, 03.55 AM IST
- Wildlife experts fear spurt in poaching crimes
Poaching of tigers and leopards in India seem to be growing by the year. Wildlife experts said that in 2013, India has already lost 19 tige...
31 Jul, 2013, 07.09 PM IST
- Wildlife Crime Control Bureau team to visit Bandipur, Nagarahole over tiger death issue
The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, regional authorities, Chennai, plan to visit the tiger reserves in Karnataka to assess the situation fol...
18 Mar, 2013, 08.45 PM IST
- Killing of tiger in Nagarahole Reserve isolated case, wildlife crime bureau says
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WLCCB), south regional, authorities suspect the recent killing of a tiger in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve is an ...
31 Jan, 2013, 05.52 AM IST
- Assam to get wildlife crime control bureau
The recent spurt in rhino poaching has prompted the state government to set up its own wildlife crime control bureau.
01 Oct, 2012, 06.32 AM IST
State Wildlife Crime Control Bureau to be formed: Tarun GogoiUnder fire over the recent rhino killings at Kaziranga, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said a state Wildlife Crime Control Bureau w...
30 Sep, 2012, 05.10 PM IST
- Wildlife crime control bureau in Rameswaram
A Wildlife Crime Control Bureau would come up this year in Ramanathapuram district to prevent smuggling of endangered species from India, o...
16 Jun, 2011, 09.42 PM IST
- Govt rejects proposal to split Indian Forest Service
Terming wildlife and forest conservation as two sides of the same coin, the environment ministry has rejected a proposal to split the fores...
11 Aug, 2010, 07.53 PM IST
Wildlife racket busted; tiger, otter skins seizedWith the arrest of seven persons from Maharashtra and Delhi, the country's premier investigating agencies claimed to have busted a wildlife...
07 Nov, 2009, 09.27 PM IST
Leopard skins, bear bile seized in U'chal; two nabbedTwo persons were arrested today after two leopard skins and bear bile, which is believed to have medicinal value, were allegedly seized fro...
11 Oct, 2009, 06.21 PM IST
Website to disseminate info related to wildlife crimeThe Wildlife Crime Control Bureau will now be able to share information related to wildlife crime and develop links with all the stakeholde...
10 Feb, 2009, 06.22 PM IST
- Reserves for tigers, wildlife crime control fight in 2008
Reintroduction of the stripped animals in the Sariska Tiger reserve, an increased budget allocation, framing of a tiger conservation plan b...
23 Dec, 2008, 03.03 PM IST
- WIldlife Crime Control Bureau to start working
The much-awaited Wildlife Crime Control Bureau office will finally start functioning from next week.
16 Jan, 2008, 12.45 PM IST