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Customs department seizes exotic wildlife, including snakes, monitor lizards and turtles at Bhubaneswar airportCustoms officials at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneshwar confiscated a variety of exotic wildlife, including king snakes, mo...- 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...
- 124 turtles recovered from Mainpuri district; one arrestedMaking a breakthrough in checking smuggling of turtles from UP to South East Asian countries, a team of forest officials recovered 124 turt...
- 12 rare turtles seizedForest officials on Wednesday recovered 12 rare turtles from Bayalish Mouza,on outskirts of Cuttack. The turtles of Chitra Indica species, ...
- Threatened tortoises & turtles rescued from Kolkata, two heldThe officers of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) in a joint effort with the crime control unit of the state forest department seize...
- 280 turtles seized from smuggler in KolkataAround 280 turtles of rare species were recovered from the home of a villager near the India-Bangladesh border at Bongaon in North 24-Parga...
- Smuggled spotted turtles land in international pet marketsThe spotted pond turtle also known as black pond turtle (geoclemys hamiltonii) seized in the recent past in Mumbai and various other parts ...
- Rare black spotted turtles seized along India-Bangladesh borderThe Border Security Force (BSF), on Wednesday, seized 97 rare Asian black spotted turtles close to the India-Bangladesh border.
- BSF seizes 185 rare Asian Black Spotted turtles from India-Bangladesh borderThe Border Security Force (BSF) seized 185 rare Asian Black Spotted turtles close to the Indo-Bangla border late on Thursday.
- 175 turtles recovered in Lucknow, released in GangaIn a joint operation by police and forest department, 175 turtles weighing over 15 quintals, were seized near Mohansarai bypass in Rohania ...
- 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.
- Varanasi, Gaya used for smuggling rare tortoises, turtlesThe holy cities of Varanasi and Gaya are being increasingly used for smuggling of rare tortoises and freshwater turtles.
- Plan to save blackbucks & turtlesOdisha government has sanctioned Rs 2.25 crore for conservation of blackbucks and freshwater turtles under state plan scheme of wildlife co...
- 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 ...
- Turtles released in Hirakud reservoirThe forest department on Wednesday released six turtles in the reservoir water of Hirakud dam in Sambalpur district.
- Flyer to Bangkok held with nearly 100 turtles in bagNearly 100 turtles were seized at Mumbai airport by the air intelligence unit (AIU) late on Saturday night from a flyer’s check-in bag.
- 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...
- 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...
- Eight rare turtles seized, two arrestedTwo persons, including a suspected animal smuggler, were arrested and eight endangered turtles seized from his possession, police said.
- Illegal trade threatens freshwater turtlesAn increasing demand for exotic freshwater turtles and tortoises in Southeast Asia is fuelling rampant illegal trade in the pet markets of ...
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