Pilibhit forest a safe haven for poachersInnocuous-sounding words such as “andarwala” and “baharwala” have been found to refer to contraband such as tiger bones and skin respective...
09 Mar, 2015, 04.49 PM IST
- Jaw-trap raises fears of Katni gang
Has the dreaded Katni poachers from Madhya Pradesh entered Karnataka’s forests? This question is haunting forest officials after a leopard ...
04 Dec, 2014, 01.05 PM IST
- Dhara village is poachers’ refuge?
Banshi, a poacher, was nabbed near Kalagarh by the forest department. Knives and steel traps that he used to trap and kill tigers were also...
17 Apr, 2014, 09.29 PM IST
Notorious tiger poachers among 9 arrested in PuneA team of Melghat forest officials netted nine tiger poachers from Pune in the wee hours of Sunday.
13 Aug, 2013, 01.42 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
Maharashtra to announce CBI probe in tiger poaching casesChief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is all set to announce a CBI inquiry into tiger poaching cases unearthed in Vidarbha between October 2012 ...
30 Jul, 2013, 01.30 AM IST
- Experts want CBI to probe tiger poaching case
Poachers killed 10 tigers between 2002 and 2004 in Sariska in Rajasthan wiping out the entire population of big cats in the tiger reserve.
19 Jun, 2013, 02.16 AM IST
Two tiger poachers nabbed, confess to killing five tigers in MelghatThe two, who were nabbed from Mansar, are part of a 30-member gang, which claims to have killed five tigers in the region over the last one...
10 Jun, 2013, 02.10 AM IST
- Rhino killed by poachers in Kaziranga National Park
A rhino fell victim to poachers' bullets in the world-famed Kaziranga National Park today, taking the toll to 13 this year.
23 Mar, 2013, 02.55 PM IST
Another rhino killed in Kaziranga, toll goes up to 9Poachers continue to kill rhinos with impunity in Kaziranga National Park, making a mockery of the anti-poaching measures taken up by the f...
02 Mar, 2013, 12.36 AM IST
- Bird poacher arrested in Harike sanctuary
Officials of Punjab Wildlife Preservation department arrested a bird poacher in Bhootiwala area of the Harike wildlife sanctuary on Thursda...
01 Dec, 2012, 02.30 AM IST
- Poachers kill only rhino in 'forest man's' woods
Poachers killed a full-grown male rhinoceros inside a forest in Jorhat district, Assam.
04 Aug, 2012, 05.48 AM IST
- Notorious tiger poacher Totha Ram arrested
A notorious tiger poacher from Panipat, Birbal alias Totha Ram, was arrested in Banbasa at Champawat district of Uttarakhand in a joint ope...
18 Nov, 2009, 05.55 PM IST
- Arrested poachers' could have Sansar Chand links
The five persons arrested near Jim Corbett National Park with a tiger skin could have links with notorious poacher Sansar Chand and more ar...
02 Feb, 2009, 08.22 AM IST
Heat is on: Three tigers fall preyThree more tigers have been killed this May by bullets, iron trap and poison - one each in Bihar, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.
29 May, 2008, 02.27 AM IST
Rhinos falling prey to greedAs the value of rhinoceros horn spirals in the clandestine international market, so has the price on the rhino’s head. This year alone, poa...
04 May, 2008, 04.33 AM IST
- 19 rhinos killed in Kaziranga in 13 months
One more rhino has been shot by poachers in Kaziranga National Park of Assam, taking the toll of the endangered animal killed in the park i...
11 Jan, 2008, 04.45 PM IST