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As China gorges on homegrown foie gras, France faces a new rivalChina is rapidly emerging as a global powerhouse in foie gras production, with farmers like Li Fengshan driving massive output increases. C...
Mumbai shocker: From raccoons and black foxes to hyraxes, 45 animals seized from passenger at airportCustoms officials at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport intercepted a passenger arriving on a Thai Airways flight, ...
Snakes on a plane highlight Thailand-India trafficking: NGOVenomous vipers found in checked bags on a flight from Thailand to India illustrate a "very troubling" trend in wildlife trafficking driven...
Bihar police seizes horse for transporting liquorIn a strange incident out of Bihar, law enforcement has taken a horse into custody after it was discovered to be involved in liquor smuggli...
In major haul, Mizoram police rescue 140 exotic animals, seize drugs worth Rs 34.18 croreOfficials said that the police in a joint operation with the Excise and Narcotics Department personnel intercepted three vehicles and rescu...
DRI busts exotic birds trafficking syndicate, arrests 2 for smuggling 22 macaws from BangladeshThe joint operation was carried out in coordination with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and the Customs Department at the Kolkata...
'Gaumutra', 'gobar' may cure coronavirus: BJP MLA tells Assam assembly"We all know that cow dung is very helpful. Likewise, when cow urine is sprayed, it purifies an area... I believe something similar could b...
Probe into use of 153 pigeons for espionageThe CID is investigating a case in which 153 pigeons were seized by the police that were being smuggled to the Pulwama district of Kashmir.
- 12 rare turtles seized
Forest officials on Wednesday recovered 12 rare turtles from Bayalish Mouza,on outskirts of Cuttack. The turtles of Chitra Indica species, ...
5 youths identified, 6 detained in cow smuggler lynching case"We have identified five persons on the basis of messages and pictures flashed by some youths when they captured the five alleged cow smugg...
How Chennai's sand mafia trains bulls to carry out smuggling operationsThese are trained bulls that can transport smuggled sand in the cover of darkness and carry it to the right destination without a cart driv...
- Uttarakhand emerging as hotspot of ivory smuggling
Uttarakhand, known as one of the safest abodes of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Southeast Asia, is fast emerging as an important ...
Underground lizard trade worth million dollars flourishing in Indo-Bhutan foothillsA multi-million dollar underground trade of Tokay Gecko is flourishing fast along bio-diversity rich Indo-Bhutan border region with the loc...
2 held for animal skin smuggling by UP special task forceThe poachers have told interrogators that tigers from Dudhwa National Park often came out of the reserve forest area and it was then that t...
Flyer to Bangkok held with nearly 100 turtles in bagNearly 100 turtles were seized at Mumbai airport by the air intelligence unit (AIU) late on Saturday night from a flyer’s check-in bag.
- Four tokay geckos rescued in Manipur’s foothills
A joint team of Imphal West district police and People for Animal (PFA), Thoubal rescued four tokay geckos kept in a cage at a taxi stand i...
- China arrests three for endangered animal trade
Chinese police have busted a criminal gang involved in illegal trade of endangered animals, seizing hundreds of bear paws, bear meat and an...
- Specific charge under Wildlife Act is a must for seizure: Supreme Court
A vehicle used for smuggling ivory, not termed a forest produce under the Kerala Forest Act, cannot be seized under it, unless a specific c...
- Eight rare turtles seized, two arrested
Two persons, including a suspected animal smuggler, were arrested and eight endangered turtles seized from his possession, police said.
- Wildlife trading ring dismantled in Russia
Key members of a smuggling ring trading tiger skins and bear parts into China will face trial in March after a six month operation in which...