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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...
North-east militants tap in forest routes used by wildlife smugglersAssam police officials said beside being aware about the topography, militants take advantage of rides, which are forest routes that are us...
Development activities harming nature and wildlife, says minister
Three arrested with 35 tortoise of rare speciesThree wildlife smugglers were arrested with rare species of tortoise in Huzupur area, police said here on Saturday.
Sashastra Seema Bal to deploy plain-clothes commandos on Indo-Nepal border"The force wants to get maximum cooperation from locals residing near these transit and trade routes to keep a tab on smugglers and wildlif...
International arms smuggler nabbed in LucknowTariq admitted his involvement in the trade for past one-and-a-half-years and that he used to smuggle foreign arms and sell them after mino...
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 ...
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.
Kerala mulls burning ivory at its disposalKerala Wildlife department is mulling a proposal to set afire a huge pile of ivory at its disposal to pre-empt its passage into the hands o...
Leopard found dead in HaldwaniA leopard has been found dead in Haldwani town of Nainital district.
- Four tokay geckos rescued in Manipur’s foothills
A 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...
- Elephant herd sighted in Arunachal Pradesh sanctuary
Much to the excitement of wildlife lovers, a herd of elephants numbering around 60 have been spotted in Dying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary in E...
- Wildlife smuggling racket busted in Uttar Pradesh
The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and Uttar Pradesh Police today smashed a racket of wildlife smuggling in north Indian states with the arr...
- Two private airlines being used in wildlife smuggling, Ramesh told
Two major private airlines are allegedly being used in smuggling of endangered species, a high-level meeting chaired by environment ministe...
- Four wildlife smugglers held in Assam
A wildlife trade racket has been busted in Assam's Kokrajhar district with the arrest of four smugglers who used to tranship elephants thro...
- Endangered leopards battling for survival
Like tigers, endangered leopards too are battling for survival with as many as 160 already dead so far since this January in the country ag...
- Two wildlife smugglers arrested
Two suspected wildlife smugglers were today arrested and a couple of leopard skins recovered from their possession in Meerut district.
- Four arrested for smuggling endangered lizards
Four persons were arrested here for allegedly trying to smuggle 21 endangered Monitor Lizards worth lakhs of rupees to Nepal.
- Eight rare turtles seized, two arrested
Two persons, including a suspected animal smuggler, were arrested and eight endangered turtles seized from his possession, police said.