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In 2024, a tourist at a beach bar in Varna, Bulgaria, noticed this table was actually an ancient artifact, later identified as a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagusA Roman sarcophagus, dating back to the 2nd century AD, was discovered serving as a table at a beach bar in Varna, Bulgaria. This ancient r...
‘They walk among us’: White House launches UFO-themed immigration websiteThe White House has launched a UFO-themed “Aliens” website highlighting immigration arrests and ICE enforcement data as part of President D...
A 7-year-old found a strange fossil in the Badlands, and scientists were stunned by what it was: It belonged to a member of an extinct family of saber-toothed cat-like mammalsA young visitor to Badlands National Park made an extraordinary find. Seven-year-old Kylie Ferguson discovered the fossilized skull of an a...
BSF examines plan to release crocodiles & snakes along areas of Indo-Bangla borderThe Border Security Force is exploring a novel approach to secure vulnerable riverine stretches along the India-Bangladesh border. Official...
Exotic pet trade in India: Illegal trafficking, social media surge, and new wildlife lawsAn influencer's unboxing video of live emperor scorpions highlights the booming illegal exotic animal trade in India. Despite recent legal ...
Ex-NFL player LeShon Johnson found guilty in dog-fighting case, could face 30 years jail termLeShon Johnson, a former NFL running back, has been convicted on six federal felony charges tied to a brutal dog-fighting ring operated und...
India’s endangered tigers are being sold in Myanmar for lust potions and dark mythsMong La in Myanmar is a center for illegal wildlife trade. This trade impacts Indian forests. Poachers target tigers in areas like Maharash...
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...
Nigeria destroys seized pangolin parts to deter wildlife traffickingNigeria has burned four tonnes of seized pangolin scales, valued at $1.4 million, the first time it has publicly destroyed seized wildlife ...
'Lakadbaggha', Anshuman Jha’s social drama on animal poaching eyeing early Jan releaseThe film will explore the phenomenon of illegal animal trade.
Assam police seizes 40 West Bengal-bound exotic animalsPolice said that 40 exotic animals including 19 Primates were seized from two Delhi government which were moving from Mizoram and were boun...
Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand emerging as hotspots for pangolin trafficking in India, researchers warnA recent study, published in the journal Cell, had placed pangolins as a natural reservoir of coronaviruses similar to SARS-CoV-2, the one ...
Slaughter ban rules based on Sashastra Seema Bal chief Banshi Dhar Sharma's report on cattle traffickingClear distinction that separate cattle for agricultural use from those headed to slaughter has become the most controversial clause.
Smuggling prompted central ban on sale of cattle for slaughterThe prime focus of the regulation is to protect the animals from cruelty and not to regulate the existing trade in cattle for slaughter hou...
Sonepur ban may hit supply of elephants to KeralaThe Sonepur event is one of the biggest in Asia and will be held in the last week of November. Until last year, it was a marketplace for ca...
Kailash Satyarthi launches campaign in UK to end child slavery"They are able to earn huge money and bribe law enforcement agencies. So when we try to free those children or oppose the perpetrators in t...
Wildlife trade surfaces in Bengal againIllegal trafficking syndicates of wild animals in Dum Dum, Baguiati and Rajarhat areas have resurfaced once again after the traffickers lie...
- Several wildlife smuggling rackets may be operational
The roots of illegal trafficking of animals in Dumdum and Baguiati are deeper than what meets the eye.
- Obama in $10 million effort to cut wildlife trafficking
He said that rhinoceros horn was worth around $30,000 per pound on the black market -- making it literally worth more than its weight in go...
Ruthless crime gangs driving global wildlife tradeHundreds of rangers have been killed over recent years as poachers stop at nothing in their quest for lucrative animal parts such as ivory ...