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Monkey beaten, hung up on tree after it enters Telangana house in search o
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Khammam (Telangana) [India], June 29 (ANI): In an outrageous incident, some youths beat up a monkey and strung it up on a tree to death while also releasing dogs to attack it in Ammapalem village in Telangana's Khammam district.
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Two arrested for hunting langur in Pune
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Pune Forest Department on Friday said two people were arrested for allegedly hunting a langur in the Junnar forest of the city under sections of Wildlife Protection Act.
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Odisha: Pangolin rescued from quarantine centre to be tested for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 27 (ANI): A female pangolin, which was rescued from a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Odisha's Athagarh area by forest department officials, will be tested for coronavirus.
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Gujarat: Python burnt alive in Banaskantha, four persons booked
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Banaskantha (Gujarat) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Four persons from Bodal village in the district have been booked for burning alive a python on Friday and circulating the video of the incident on the social media platform TikTok.
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Gujarat: Women perform Garba with snakes in Junagarh, five held
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Junagarh (Gujarat) [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Five persons including a minor girl have been arrested after women were seen performing 'Garba' with snakes including a cobra at a function in Shil village.
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K'taka: 3 held for poaching elephants for tusks
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 19 (ANI): Three persons were arrested in connection with poaching elephants for their tusks near Surya Road in Belthangady taluk, Karnataka police said.
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U'khand: Police arrest two smugglers, seize leopard skins worth Rs 20 lakh
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bageshwar (Uttarakhand), [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Two people have been arrested for smuggling wild animal parts in Bageshwar on Thursday, police said.
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Police arrest two men, seize endangered pangolin worth Rs 40 lakh
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra), [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Thane Crime Branch Unit has arrested two persons and seized a pangolin worth Rs 40 lakh from them, an official statement stated.
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Case against Sidhu for gifting stuffed black partridge to Punjab CM
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): A case has been registered against Punjab Local Bodies and Cultural Affairs Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for violating Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 by allegedly possessing a stuffed black partridge and later gifting it to Chief Minister Captain Amarin
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'Without tribal society, environmental protection is incomplete'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 14 (ANI): According to the latest report 'Composite Water Management Index -2018,' 60 crore people of the country are facing 'high to higher' level water shortage.
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Two held for smuggling Pangolin cat in Maharashtra
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Thane (Mahrashtra) [India], Feb. 24 (ANI): The Thane police on Saturday arrested two people in connection with the smuggling of a rare species of a cat.
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Customs officials arrest Afghan national for violation of Wildlife Protect
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.22 (ANI): Customs Department officials on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of an Afghan national in the Terminal Three (T-3) complex of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) for carrying items that were in violation of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
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