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Four men charged over theft of hundreds of crocodile eggs from Kakadu National Park after intense police probeFour men and a company face charges for allegedly stealing hundreds of crocodile eggs from Kakadu National Park in February 2024. The opera...- Cases under environment related offences increased over 4% in 2021
- Centre proposes stricter laws to stop wildlife tradeSeeking to provide more teeth to the existing wildlife protection law, the Centre is looking for an option to introduce clauses of stricter...
- 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...
- Deer antlers smuggling: Madras HC orders release of seized jeepA jeep involved in smuggling of deer antlers will cease to be idle in forest department custody and will soon be released, thanks to Madras...
- National Green Tribunal has received 7768 complaints: Prakash JavadekarThe number of cases received since the establishment of National Green Tribunal till January 31 this year is 7,768, Prakash Javadekar said.
- No live animals for temple ritualThe forest department has come down heavily against the practice of capturing foxes for a ritual called ‘Nariyai Pariyakkuthal’ festival wh...
- States asked to act on mining violationsAs per data, in 2014-15, 53 such violations have been observed in which 23 are from Jharkhand while six each are there from Rajasthan and T...
- Birds rescued near PipiliForest officials on Wednesday rescued three parakeets, eight munias and three maynas, which were being sold by two persons near Pipili abou...
- Don't use egret feathers for festive decorations: NGOTrade in wildlife parts and the resultant poaching continues to be a major threat in the survival of several species of fauna in India and ...
- Madhya Pradesh on global poaching map, officials wink, smugglers revelMadhya Pradesh is a crucial link in the international poaching corridor straddling Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal and Tibet.
- Will new wildlife protection law ban even mousetraps?Will you now need permission from forest department to set up a mousetrap in your home? Possible, if one goes by latest amendments proposed...
- Bill for stricter wildlife protection laws introduced in Rajya SabhaThe government today introduced a bill in the Rajya Sabha for stricter enforcement of laws to protect wildlife including imprisonment up to...
- Blackbuck case: Fresh charges against Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and NeelamChief Judicial Magistrate Chandrakala Jain read out the charges under sections 9/51 and 9/52 of Wildlife protection Act and 149 of IPC and ...
- Governor okays secret funds for forestersIn step towards boosting intelligence network to curb poaching, state governor K Sankaranarayanan has approved secret funds for forest offi...
- North’s Veerappan gets 6-yr term for poachingNotorious poacher Sansar Chand, better known as ‘Veerappan of north India’, was on Wednesday sentenced to six years in jail - maximum punis...
- Court likely to pronounce quantum of sentence in Sansar Chand case todayFifteen years after he was caught red-handed for illegal possession of leopard skin, a trial court is likely to pronounce the quantum of se...
- 13 tigers poached in last two yearsAs many as 13 tigers have been poached in the last two years with Kerala reporting maximum cases at five, Lok Sabha was told on Wednesday.
- Killing of ratels kicks up rowThe alleged killing of 12 ratels, a Schedule I animal, at the Amber Fort, has rattled the ‘People for Animals,' an NGO dedicated to prevent...
- Illegal mongoose trade continues in OrissaIllegal trade in mongoose is continuing unabated in Orissa with sixteen of them being seized from a fair last week, a wildlife activist sai...
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