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DRI detains 4 persons with 2 leopard skins in Delhi: Officials
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) detained four persons in the national capital and recovered 2 leopard skins from their custody, officials said on Thursday.
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Bihar: Crocodile beaten to death after it kills 14-yr-old in Vaishali, pro
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A video that went viral on social media purportedly showed the huge reptile being pulled out of the water by a group of men, who and beaten with sticks and rods by a group of men.
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Bengaluru airport: 18 non-indigenous animals recovered from passengers arr
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has recovered 18 "non-indigenous" animals in the checked-in baggage of three passengers arriving from Bangkok.
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Rare 'Orange bat', endangered Indian Wolf spotted in Chhattisgarh's Bastar
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the information, the Indian Wolf has been listed as a Schedule I species in the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972 due to its extremely low numbers. Their existence in the jungles of Bastar is a matter of pleasure.
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Four exotic animals found in air passenger's luggage at Chennai airport
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The exotic animals were seized under the Customs Act, 1962 read with Wildlife Protection Act 1972, they said.
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24 kgs of ivory seized, 2 held in West Bengal
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Jalpaiguri (West-Bengal) [India], July 28 (ANI): Two people were arrested and two pieces of elephant ivory, weighing 24 kgs were seized by Ranger Sanjay Dutta and his troops in West Bengal on Wednesday.
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Two held with sea cucumbers in Rameswaram
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 3 (ANI): Rameswaram Coastal Security Wing arrested two persons with banned sea cucumbers near Serangodai beach, said officials on Sunday.
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Chennai Air Cargo Customs seizes 1,364 live star tortoises
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 5 (ANI): The Chennai Air Cargo customs here on Wednesday seized 1,364 live star tortoises which were being smuggled to Malaysia from an export consignment.
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Man held with elephant tusk, live bullets in Assam
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chirang (Assam) [India], February 7 (ANI): Assam Police arrested a man and seized one elephant tusk and 105 live bullets from his residence.
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Only circus recognised under Wildlife Act loses recognition for using elep
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): The Central Zoo Authority (CZA), a statutory body operating under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has cancelled the recognition of the Great Golden Circus in Gujarat, the only circus in the entire country which was recognised unde
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Minor among two held two for chasing Gir lion on bike
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Junagarh (Gujarat) [India], December 12 (ANI): Two persons, including a minor, were nabbed on Friday for allegedly chasing a lion on a bike near Gir forest in Junagarh district, a video of which also went viral.
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Nine held for killing deer in Bhubaneshwar
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 4 (ANI): Nine people were arrested in connection with the killing of deer in Bhubaneswar on Friday which is a violation of the Wildlife Protection Act.
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