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- 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 ...08 Oct, 2025, 04.58 PM IST
- 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...09 Jun, 2025, 10.42 PM IST
- Man caught smuggling over 100 live snakes hidden in trousersA man has been caught trying to smuggle over 100 live snakes into mainland China by cramming them into his trousers, according to the count...10 Jul, 2024, 12.48 PM IST
- Inside the illicit trade of exotic animals from Myanmar to IndiaThe civil war in Myanmar and resultant anarchy in border areas have given a new life to the smuggling of wildlife—from marmoset monkeys to ...26 May, 2024, 09.20 PM IST
- View: Fashion should be fun, not fatalWhile the bulk of leather in fashion is derived from cattle, leather from reptiles is another industry. For this, crocodiles are bred in ra...08 Mar, 2024, 11.11 PM IST
- Telangana polls: Leaders throng Kawal Tiger Reserve to woo tribal votersThe 42nd tiger reserve zone in India, located over 250 kms away from the state capital Hyderabad, falls under the Khanapur assembly constit...30 Nov, 2018, 01.16 PM IST
- Smuggled turtles flown back to their home in IndiaOver 50 Indian Star Tortoises illegally sold into Singapore were sent back home by wildlife NGOs.The tortoises, indigenous to India, will n...28 Nov, 2018, 10.29 PM IST
- 158 endangered turtles rescued in AuraiyaAround 158 endangered turtles were rescued while being smuggled to other parts of the country, in Auraiya district on Wednesday.15 May, 2014, 04.20 AM IST
- Tokay gecko gets endangered tag from MoEFState forest officials and People for Animal (PFA), Thoubal, have expressed happiness at the inclusion of the tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) und...11 Jan, 2014, 12.05 PM IST
- 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.24 Dec, 2013, 04.43 PM IST
- Bengal, a transit route for wildlife traffickingIn the last three months, BSF, Kolkata Police and the Customs have arrested more than 45 people and seized a huge number of turtles, tokay ...09 Dec, 2013, 01.18 AM IST
- Four tokay geckos rescued in Manipur’s foothillsA 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...26 Oct, 2012, 03.01 PM IST
- 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...29 Jul, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
- Rare tortoise recovered; seven poachers heldA tortoise of an endangered family was recovered by a joint team of police and forest department officials at Mahewaganj area here and arre...04 Aug, 2009, 07.31 PM IST
- Illegal pet trade thrivesWaking up to this menace of pet shops operating illegally, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has now asked the state govts to chalk out a polic...23 Jun, 2009, 01.17 PM IST
- Increase in reptile smuggling worries wildlife officialsAn alarming increase in the smuggling of reptiles such as monitor lizards, snakes and turtles in the Tarai belt of UP bordering Nepal has p...10 Jun, 2009, 11.21 PM IST
- Police seize over 150 tortoises from BiharBihar police has seized over 150 tortoises from an unidentified sack lying on a railway station in Patna.05 Jun, 2008, 04.33 PM IST
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