Forest officials on Wednesday recovered 12 rare turtles from Bayalish Mouza,on outskirts of Cuttack. The turtles of Chitra Indica species, ...

The officers of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) in a joint effort with the crime control unit of the state forest department seize...

Around 280 turtles of rare species were recovered from the home of a villager near the India-Bangladesh border at Bongaon in North 24-Parga...

The spotted pond turtle also known as black pond turtle (geoclemys hamiltonii) seized in the recent past in Mumbai and various other parts ...

The Border Security Force (BSF), on Wednesday, seized 97 rare Asian black spotted turtles close to the India-Bangladesh border.

The Border Security Force (BSF) seized 185 rare Asian Black Spotted turtles close to the Indo-Bangla border late on Thursday.

In a joint operation by police and forest department, 175 turtles weighing over 15 quintals, were seized near Mohansarai bypass in Rohania ...

Around 158 endangered turtles were rescued while being smuggled to other parts of the country, in Auraiya district on Wednesday.

The holy cities of Varanasi and Gaya are being increasingly used for smuggling of rare tortoises and freshwater turtles.

Odisha government has sanctioned Rs 2.25 crore for conservation of blackbucks and freshwater turtles under state plan scheme of wildlife co...

In the last three months, BSF, Kolkata Police and the Customs have arrested more than 45 people and seized a huge number of turtles, tokay ...

The forest department on Wednesday released six turtles in the reservoir water of Hirakud dam in Sambalpur district.

Nearly 100 turtles were seized at Mumbai airport by the air intelligence unit (AIU) late on Saturday night from a flyer’s check-in bag.

Waking up to this menace of pet shops operating illegally, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has now asked the state govts to chalk out a polic...

An alarming increase in the smuggling of reptiles such as monitor lizards, snakes and turtles in the Tarai belt of UP bordering Nepal has p...

Two persons, including a suspected animal smuggler, were arrested and eight endangered turtles seized from his possession, police said.

An increasing demand for exotic freshwater turtles and tortoises in Southeast Asia is fuelling rampant illegal trade in the pet markets of ...