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Sniffing a chance to protect wildlifeWildlife enthusiasts are supporting a crucial WWF initiative to train sniffer dogs. These 'super sniffers' are vital in detecting illegal w...- Assam Rifles, Mizoram forest officials seize 64 kg of pangolin scales worth Rs 64 lakh; two arrestedThe Assam Rifles and Mizoram Forest Department officials recovered 64 kg of Indian pangolin scales worth Rs 64 lakh and apprehended two ind...
- China's forays into Africa's forests & illegal trade could lead to environmental disasterEarthsight, a London-based environmental NGO, earlier estimated that the annual value of worldwide rosewood smuggling exceeded a billion do...
- How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak - and why it's so trickyIn order to predict and prevent future pandemics like COVID-19, researchers need to find the origin of the viruses that cause them. This is...
- Poaching could increase under virus lockdownsPoaching of endangered species could rebound as authorities divert their attention to enforcing coronavirus lockdown measures, an internati...
- View: It's time for humans to stop living voraciouslyChina’s crackdown in 2003 on wildlife markets ended after Sars exited. History is repeating itself, this time while the Covid-19 pandemic i...
- 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 ...
- Police seize contraband wildlife products, arrests 3 persons"Wildlife Crime Cell of Odisha Crime Branch makes seizure of contraband wildlife products in Bargarh town area," Special DG of Police, Crim...
- Pangolins face extinction in India, wildlife body warnsOn the eve of World Pangolin Day, a wildlife body on Friday highlighted the extreme impact caused by poaching and illegal trade of the spec...
- Marine engineer among 13 held for smuggling Indian pangolins to ChinaIn a major breakthrough Madhya Pradesh forest department on Monday arrested 13 people including a Kolkata-based marine engineer and a corpo...
- Siliguri corridor is now conduit for live animal smugglingAfter items like antiques, narcotics, sandalwood or animal body parts, now it is the turn of live animals like snakes.
- Pangolin scales seizedThe recent seizure of 70 kilograms pangolin scales from Debidanga and arrest of seven persons have once again proved that the Siliguri corr...
- Manipur police close in on million-rupee reptile racketThe state police are on a manhunt to nab the top ring leaders of a gang of poachers involved in smuggling Tokay Gecko, a rare reptile speci...
- China arrests three for endangered animal tradeChinese police have busted a criminal gang involved in illegal trade of endangered animals, seizing hundreds of bear paws, bear meat and an...
- Tiger skulls, drugs bound for China seized in ManipurA large consignment of animal parts was seized by the Assam Rifles in Manipur's Chandel district on Monday.
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