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Illegal tiger trade syndicate busted, former field officer of WPSI arreste
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), an apex body constituted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to combat the organised wildlife crime and illegal wildlife trade issued a red alert to all Tiger reserves and tiger bearing areas to intensify the patrollin
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Workshops held to control wildlife crimes in Arunachal Pradesh
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"Premier biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak as part of its sustained effort to deter wildlife crime at the grassroot level has facilitated two back-to-back workshops in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh under its initiative DETERS (Disrupt and End Trade of Endangered and R
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Odisha: STF seizes 3 leopard skins in Rayagada, 1 held
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch on Thursday seized three leopard skins during a raid in Odisha's Rayagada district and one person was apprehended in this regard, said the police.
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Meghalaya Police organises workshop on wildlife conservation, focuses on r
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The role of the common masses in the conservation of biodiversity through the prevention of wildlife crime and the efficacy of laws pertaining to wildlife crimes were flagged in the workshop that was organised by Meghalaya Police in Tura on Monday in association with Aaranyak.
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Massive awareness drive required to bust myths about wildlife parts: Gauha
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Judges laid special emphasis on putting up a concerted effort to launch a massive awareness campaign to bust the myth about wildlife parts so that the demand for these items come down drastically which in turn will result in a reduction of wildlife crimes like hunting and illegal trade.
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Assam: SSB, Royal Bhutan officials attend sensitisation on transboundary w
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Over seventy men in uniform, including officials from Royal Bhutan Government, on Monday, participated in two back-to-back sensitisation workshops on Preventing Wildlife Crime and Illegal Wildlife Trade organised by country key border guarding force, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in two BoP on I
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Poacher held with multiple tiger parts from Tinsukia: Assam Forest Departm
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a joint operation conducted on February 24, one Royal Bengal tiger skin, four pieces of tiger canine, one skull with teeth and 46 pieces of bones were seized, the statement said.
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Assam: K9 dog squad helps forest officials track Rhino poachers
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 20 (ANI): An especially trained dog squad, deployed in the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries of Assam, has been tracking those involved in Rhino poaching activities.
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Delhi: CBI busts interstate poaching gang, 3 held
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) busted an inter-state gang and arrested three persons for allegedly poaching and trafficking body parts of animals, said officials on Monday.
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Actor Mohanlal to face trial in ivory possession case
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], June 10 (ANI): As the trial court on Thursday dismissed the Kerala government's plea to withdraw the prosecution proceedings against actor Mohanlal in the wildlife crime case booked against him for the illegal possession of two pairs of ivory the actor will now have t
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Assam Forest Department seizes one kg Pangolin scales, one held
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 17 (ANI): Assam Forest Department seized 1 kilogram of Pangolin scale from Guwahati on Thursday.
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Tiger claws, canines seized from Bandhavgarh Reserve, 3 arrested
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bandhavgarh (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 10 (ANI): A joint team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and Madhya Pradesh Forest Department seized 13 tiger claws and two tiger canines from the Panpatha area of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve on January 8, officials said.
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