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Wildlife group raises alarm after 43 Parakeets killed with catapults in Southeast London Park; shocking claims emergeDozens of parakeets have been killed in a London park over three weeks. Young adults are using catapults to target birds roosting at night....- In 1990, Guatemala launched an ambitious mahogany restoration program in Petén to combat deforestation. Years later, it produced Central America's largest natural forest and transformed the province into a global conservation modelGuatemala's 1990 mahogany restoration program changed the future of the country's forests. Instead of losing more rainforest, the Maya Bios...
- 5 Amazon countries arrest hundreds in major crackdown on environmental crimePolice across five Amazon nations arrested hundreds and seized valuable resources during a major environmental crime operation. Operation G...
- Scientists just trained AI to spot hidden seahorses, shark fins, and sea cucumbers in airport X-ray scans, and the 86% to 96% detection rates could give customs officers a new way to catch marine wildlife smugglersWildlife traffickers hide marine species in luggage. Australian scientists created an AI system using 3D X-ray scans to find seahorses, sha...
- Zorba, India's first dog on anti-poacher duty, dies in GuwahatiZorba retired from service in 2019 and was honoured for his services with a traditional Assamese 'gamosa' and a citation on Independence Da...
- Tarantulas from Poland, Tamarins from Thailand seized in ChennaiThe end price of exotic creatures is very high. But enforcement agencies, in recent years, have stopped assigning any monetary value to wil...
- 'Olympians, national-level shooters may be involved in poaching cases'Trap shooter Nazam Ahmad Khan was arrested with an aide in Bulandshahr’s Halpura village allegedly for killing a nilgai on April 18, 2015.
- Lesser-known species like Otter, Pangolin form a large part of wildlife tradeAs govt focuses on protection of high-profile wild animals, there is little emphasis on a range of smaller species sought for their medicin...
- Cabinet nod to adopt statute of South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network to check wildlife crimesThe Union Cabinet gave its nod for India adopting the statute of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) which will help in che...
- India to join South Asian nations to curb wildlife crime
- WCCB seeks timely report on wildlife offencesIn a move to step up action against offences involving wildlife, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has written to various agencies i...
- Lessons for cops on wildlife crimePolice officers were imparted lessons on latest techniques and tools to effectively deal with wildlife-related crimes, especially poaching,...
- India to start destroying stockpile of illegal wildlife items"The exercise is an attempt to deplore unethical, indiscriminate & mostly unlawful activities of harvest & trade of wildlife products," gov...
- Wildlife crimes getting more organized in country: ExpertsPoor rate of conviction and lack of political and administrative willpower is the biggest obstacle in checking wildlife trade and crime in ...
- Killing of tiger in Nagarahole Reserve isolated case, wildlife crime bureau saysWildlife Crime Control Bureau (WLCCB), south regional, authorities suspect the recent killing of a tiger in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve is an ...
- Poacher on the run for over a year arrestedAn alleged poacher on the run for over a year was today arrested from Ballabhgarh area in Haryana.
- Centre preparing web-based database to aid tiger conservationAs part of efforts to counter threats to tiger population, Centre is preparing the first web-based database on the endangered species to fa...
- Wildlife panel seeks technical expertise to match criminalsConcerned over wildlife criminals using high-tech equipment to conduct their activities, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is seeking legal...
- Website to disseminate info related to wildlife crimeThe Wildlife Crime Control Bureau will now be able to share information related to wildlife crime and develop links with all the stakeholde...
- NTCA sings pact with an NGO for tiger conservationThe National Tigers Conservation Authority has joined hands with Traffic India, an NGO to support effective on-ground enforcement action fo...
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