Elephant dies of bullet injuries in Palamau, Jharkhand

A female elephant died of bullet injuries on 24 June 2012 under Palamau tiger reserve area of Jharkhand, officials suspects that the bullets might have hit the pachyderm during an encounter between naxalites and security personnel.
http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/elephant-diesbullet-injuries/26012/

Rampant poaching in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh

At least 100 poachers are seen in the forest during any time of the year, some hunt only for meat while others poach to trade the skin. Even animal horns are sold openly here.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Animal-hide-selling-thick-and-fast-in-East-Godavari/articleshow/14480850.cms

Star Tortoises seized at Trichy Airport, Tamil Nadu

Customs Air Intelligence officials seized 295 live star tortoises from a Kuala Lumpur-bound passenger at the Tiruchi airport on 28 June 2012.

Pregnant elephant electrocuted in Palakkad, Kerala

One pregnant female elephant with one foetus inside was electrocuted deliberately in a paddy field at Nemmara forest division, Kerala on 27 June 2012.
http://www.mathrubhumi.com/palakkad/news/1684178-local_news-palakkad.html

Leopard skin seized in Bageshwar district

In a joint operation of Uttarakhand police and forest department, one person was arrested with a leopard skin in Bageshwar district on 27 June 2012.
http://www.amarujala.com/city/Almora/Almora-34415-113.html

Peacock feathers seized in Chennai

Tamil Nadu forest officials arrested three persons in Chennai on 25 June 2012 for selling peacock feathers. It is interested to know under which power forest dept. has done this action. Peacock poaching is prohibited but selling of shed feathers are not prohibited under Wildlife Protection Act 1972. Interestingly there is no mechanism in place to find out feathers selling in markets are come from poached birds or shed feathers.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Seized-feathers-point-to-peacock-poaching/articleshow/14421806.cms

Two bear gall bladders seized in Almora

Today morning Uttarakhand forest officials seized two gall bladders of Asiatic black bear and arrested two persons including a Nepali citizen in Almora district.
http://www.amarujala.com/city/Almora/Almora-34373-113.html

Elephant shot dead in Kerala

The 60-year old female elephant found with bullet injuries on Sunday died during treatment on 25 June 2012 in Nilambur North forest division, Malappuram district of Kerala.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/Elephant-dies-of-bullet-injuries/articleshow/14399850.cms

Leopard cub killed in road accident in Udaipur

6 months old leopard cub killed in road accident on 24 June 2012 at Udaipur district of Rajasthan.
http://www.bhaskar.com/article/RAJ-UDA-the-left-side-of-innocent-life-in-6-months-3448820.html

Easy availability of bush meat in India

Wild boar meat is being sold in Nagpur for Rs80 a kilo. Sambhar meat is available in Bhubaneswar for Rs 100 a kilo. Across India, the sale of the meat of wild animals, including jungle cats, jackal, porcupine and other endangered animals, has reached mammoth proportions, it will create a dangerous precedent where predator cats, including tiger, leopard and lion, population will have no prey base left to feed on.http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/wild-animal-meat-sold-openly-states-093

Two sloth bears electrocuted in Maharashtra

Poachers or farmers electrocuted two sloth bears in Lakhni range, near Nagzira wildlife sanctuary in Bhandara district of Maharashtra.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Two-sloth-bears-electrocuted-near-Umarzari/articleshow/14378958.cms

Poachers arrested in Ranthambore

Rajasthan forest officials arrested 19 poachers with poaching equipments and seized dead reptiles and amphibians in Kaila Devi Sanctuary, Ranthambore, Sawai Madhopur district on the night of 23 June 2012.
http://www.rajasthanpatrika.com/news/sawaimadhopur/6252012/city-news/337838

Two Tibetan origins arrested with a leopard skin

Two Tibetan origin people based in Himachal Pradesh were arrested by Uttarakhand police with a leopard skin and huge amount of cash in Pauri district on last night. It is believed that duo were come there to collect illegal wildlife goods from Garhwal region. This incident once again underlines the illegal trade link between India, Nepal and Tibet/ China on Asian Big Cats.
http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/2-nepali-residents-arrestedleopard-skin/24350/

Elephant poached for ivory in West Bengal

Poachers were killed an adult male elephant and chopped off its tusks in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on 21 June 2012.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/Poaching-whiff-in-elephant-death/articleshow/14328664.cms

Elephant tusk seized in Mumbai

Maharashtra police arrested a person from Uttar Pradesh on 21 June 2012 in Mumbai and seized an elephant tusk weighing 7.7kg.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Tusk-seized-in-Mumbai/articleshow/14323917.cms

Leopard shot at Rajsamand district

Poachers shot and seriously injured a leopard on the night of 19 June 2012 at near Amet, Rajsamand district of Rajasthan. One day prior to this incident another leopard was found dead with its paws removed in nearby area.
http://www.bhaskar.com/article/RAJ-UDA-panther-shot-in-amet-rajsamand-3439241.html

Snake skin smuggling in Assam

According to Assam forest department sources, about 200-300 numbers of snake skins are being smuggled out every year from Dhubri district and its adjacent areas to Bangladesh which are later sold in the international market.

http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jun2112/state07

Red sanders seized in Tamil Nadu

Police seized huge quantity of red sanders logs at a Rice Mill located on the Chennai-Tirupati bypass road near Tiruttani on 18 June 2012.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-19/chennai/32316238_1_red-sanders-rice-bags-logs

20 pigeons killed in Kutch

Labourers working in a factory at Bhachau taluka in Gujarat killed 20 pigeons.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/20-pigeons-killed-in-Kutch/articleshow/14303014.cms

Bear gall bladder seized in Uttarakhand

Forest department officials arrested a Nepali citizen and seized one gall bladder of a bear in Chakrata forest division, Dehradun district of Uttarakhand on 17 June 2012.
http://www.rashtriyasahara.com/epapermain.aspx?queryed=14&eddate=6/18/2012

Spotted deer skin seized in Chandrapur

Police in Chandrapur, Maharashtra arrested two poachers and seized a fresh spotted deer skin on 15 June 2012.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-17/nagpur/32281074_1_deer-skin-forest-officials-poachers

Elephant shot dead in Karnataka

A female elephant was shot dead at Kalaboochanahalli in Hunsur taluk of Mysore district on 17 June 2012. Three persons, who are suspected to have shot at the elephant, are absconding and a manhunt has been launched by the cops.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-18/mysore/32298502_1_elephant-shot-female-elephant-hunsur-taluk

Tiger skin seized in Chamrajnagar district

Karnataka forest department officials seized a skin and bones of tiger cub in Chamrajnagar district on 12 June 2012 and arrested three persons.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-13/mysore/32214298_1_poached-pelt-tiger-reserves

Forest dept. employees arrested for tiger poaching

The Chandrapur forest division (Maharashtra) officials nabbed a five-member gang of poachers on 15 June 2012. Three of them were working for the Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) as water hole observers. The five are being quizzed for their role in the chopping of a full-grown tiger in Borda. The mutilated carcass of a tiger sans head and paws, and cut into 10 pieces was recovered in Borda jungle along the Chichpalli-Borda road on May 18.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-16/nagpur/32268308_1_borda-jungle-full-grown-tiger-poachers

Poachers arrested near Pabitora, Assam

Two poachers were arrested and a rhino horn (genuineness not confirmed) was seized from them near Pabitora wildlife sanctuary in central Assam's Morigaon district on 13 June 2012. 
http://zeenews.india.com/news/assam/two-poachers-held-near-pabitora_781546.html

40 more Indian bull frogs rescued in Goa

At least 40 Indian bull frogs were saved in separate raids conducted by the Goa forest department officials since the last few days.

http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=140835

Tiger found dead in Sunderbans, West Bengal

One adult tiger was found dead in Dobanki, Sajnekhali Wildlife Sanctuary in Sunderbans tiger reserve of West Bengal on 10 June 2012.

Nilgai killed in Madhav National Park, Madhya Pradesh

Poachers killed a Nilgai (blue bull) in Madhav National Park, Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh on 10 June 2012.
http://www.bhaskar.com/article/MP-OTH-47702-3403591.html

3 tiger cubs rescued from wildlife trader in Bangladesh

Two months old three tiger cubs removed from Sunderbans (Bangladesh) were seized from the house of illegal wildlife trader in Dhaka on 11 June 2012.
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=237987

48 tigers died in last 22 weeks

India has lost 48 tigers in the last 22 weeks. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has confirmed that 19 of these deaths are clear-cut cases of poaching but wildlife experts claim poaching deaths could be much higher.
http://www.asianage.com/india/india-has-lost-48-tigers-22-weeks-192

Brown wood owl seized in Dehradun

Uttarakhand forest department seized a brown wood owl and arrested a person in Dehradun on 9 June 2012, later case was compounded for Rupees 20,000.
http://www.samaylive.com/regional-news-in-hindi/uttarakhand-news-in-hindi/153908/owl-20-a-person-arrested-released-.html

Pregnant leopardess killed in road accident

A pregnant female leopard with three foetus inside was killed in road accident on 9 June 2012 in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand.
http://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/pithoragarh-9352675.html

Leopard shot dead in Garhwal

A leopard was shot dead on 9 June 2012 in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, it is not yet clear that animal was killed by poachers or died in conflict cases.
http://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/pauri-garhwal-9353401.html

Villagers killed a leopard in Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh

Villagers in Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh killed a leopard on 9 June 2012.
http://www.amarujala.com/city/Kannauj/Kannauj-80965-35.html

Deer killed in Raisen, Madhya Pradesh

Poachers killed a deer in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh on 10 June 2012.
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/two-held-for-poaching-black-deer-in-mp/1009988.html

Three black bucks killed in Gondia, Maharashtra

Poachers killed three black bucks in Gondia district of Maharashtra on 8 June 2012.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Poachers-kill-three-Black-Bucks-in-Gondia-dist/articleshow/14006761.cms

Red sanders seizures in Andhra Pradesh

Three different cases of Red sanders seizures reported from Nellore, Chittoor and Kadapa districts in the last three days.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3503169.ece
http://www.thehansindia.info/News/Article.asp?category=5&subCategory=4&ContentId=64922
http://www.thehansindia.info/News/Article.asp?category=5&subCategory=4&ContentId=64813

Poachers vehicle caught on fire, snakes burnt in Lucknow

Poachers vehicle used for smuggling snakes were caught on fire at Itaunja, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and many snakes were burnt to death on the night of 7 June 2012.
http://epaper.amarujala.com/svww_zoomart.php?Artname=20120608a_010101009&ileft=281&itop=70&zoomRatio=218&AN=20120608a_010101009

44 bull frogs rescued in Goa

Goa police and forest department jointly rescued 44 live Indian bull frogs and found remains of 30 frogs which had been cut at Maina on 7 June 2012.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Jumping-genocide-74-frogs-found-at-Maina/articleshow/13912573.cms

Peacock poachers arrested in Agra

Uttar Pradesh police arrested four persons for killing peacocks in Agra district on 7 June 2012.
http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/agra-city-9345673.html

Elephant crossed to Bangladesh shot, tusks chopped off

An elephant crossed from Meghalaya to Bangladesh was shot and tusks chopped off by poachers on the night of 5 June 2012.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Indian-elephant-shot-in-Bangladesh/articleshow/13911676.cms 

Four tiger cubs burnt in forest fire

Yesterday I wrote about the death of 1 tiger cub burnt in forest fire at Hempur Army Depot, Terai West Forest Division of Uttarakhand, the initial report was on 1 death, now it confirmed that 3 more tiger cubs were also died in the same fire and total becomes 4.
http://epaper.amarujala.com/svww_zoomart.php?Artname=20120607a_001117003&ileft=-5&itop=463&zoomRatio=130&AN=20120607a_001117003

300 bull frogs seized in Karnataka

Forest officials in Karnataka seized 300 bull frogs (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus) in Uttara Kannada district when transporting in a bus to Goa on 6 June 2012.http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_smuggling-of-giant-frogs-foiled_1699210

40 freshwater turtles seized in Orissa

Orissa forest officials seized 40 freshwater turtles in Kendrapara district on 5 June 2012.
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/forty-freshwater-turtles-seized/1008214.html

Tiger poachers arrested in Corbett tiger reserve

Uttarakhand forest officials arrested 3 professional tiger poachers belongs to a traditional hunting tribal community called bawaria based currently at Pinjore, Haryana on 5 June 2012. They were arrested in connection with attempted poaching in Corbett tiger reserve on 24th May. One of the arrested accused is wanted in a tiger skin seizure case registered in Valmiki tiger reserve, Bihar detected by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on December 2006.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Three-suspected-poachers-nabbed-in-Corbett-Tiger-Reserve/articleshow/13870160.cms

Tiger cub burnt to death in forest fire in Uttarakhand

Today morning body of a tiger cub died in forest fire few days back was found in Hempur Army depot area (Udham Singh Nagar district) under Terai West forest division of Uttarakhand.

Tortoises seized in Belgaum

Three persons were arrested in Belgaum district of Karnataka on 5 June 2012 in connection with smuggling of three tortoises.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Three-held-for-smuggling-tortoises/articleshow/13860853.cms

African elephant ivory seized at Mumbai airport

An Indian national coming from Ivory Coast by Kenyan Airlines was caught with two pieces of ivory at Mumbai international airport on 5 June 2012.
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_20-yr-old-held-with-ivories-at-international-airport_1698666

Tiger cub found dead in Sunderbans, West Bengal

The carcass of a two-month-old female tiger cub was found floating near the mangroves on the Raimangal river in Sunderbans tiger reserve, West Bengal on 5 June 2012.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Poaching-lens-on-cub-death-in-Sunderbans/articleshow/13859529.cms

Poachers electrocuted a tiger and cut into two pieces in Madhya Pradesh

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Image as found in http://www.bhaskar.com/article/MP-BPL-tiger-huntimg-in-bhopal-3373076.html?C3-BHL=
Body parts of a five year old male tiger was found on 5 June 2012 near a water hole in Kathotia village in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh. Animal was electrocuted by poachers and later cut into two pieces. 8 people were detained by forest officials in connection with this poaching. This is the second time in the last two weeks that a body of the tiger was cut into pieces, the first case was reported from Chandrapur, Maharashtra on 18 May 2012.
http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhopal/70846-sehore-villagers-mourn-death-of-striped-friend.html

Leopard skin seized in Khammam district

Andhra Pradesh forest officials seized a leopard skin and arrested a person in Khammam district on 4 June 2012.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article3491737.ece

Deer skin and meat seized in East Champaran district

Bihar police seized deer skin and 80kg deer meat at Bhawanipur Kushwaha tola village of East Champaran district and arrested a person on 4 June 2012. An FIR has been lodged against 20 persons, including five identified persons, for illegal possession of wildlife goods.

http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/80-kg-deer-meat-hide-and-horn-seized/1007531.html

2 sambar and 1 spotted deer killed in Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh

Poachers killed two sambars and one spotted deer in the forests of Gyaraspur, Vidisha district of Madhya Pradesh of 1 June 2012.
http://www.patrika.com/news.aspx?id=839405

Villagers killed a leopard in Bijnore, Uttar Pradesh

Villagers killed a leopard on 1 June 2012 at Raipur Sadat, Bijnore district of Uttar Pradesh.
http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/bijnor-9325078.html

Villagers killed a leopard in Jorhat, Assam

Villagers of Elengi Kharkhowagaon in Titabor sub-division of Jorhat district, Assam killed a leopard on 31 May 2012 night.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-02/flora-fauna/31982955_1_female-leopard-leopard-attack-forest-officials

8 migratory birds killed in Chennai

Poachers shot dead 8 migratory birds at Siruthavur lake, Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 3 June 2012.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Poachers-shoot-migratory-birds-at-Siruthavur-Lake/articleshow/13790835.cms

Seven peacocks poisoned in Tamil Nadu

Seven peacocks were killed by poachers using poison near Ervadi, Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu on 2 June 2012.
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/peacocks-killed-for-meat/1006748.html

Deer poaching in Bikaner district, Rajasthan

Two persons were arrested in Bikaner district of Rajasthan on 2 June 2012 in connection with deer poaching.
http://zeenews.india.com/news/rajasthan/couple-arrested-for-deer-hunting-in-rajasthan_779399.html

189 red sanders logs seized in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh

Forest officials had arrested a person on 30 May 2012 and recovered 189 red sanders logs from near Chandragiri, Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-01/hyderabad/31958066_1_red-sanders-logs-anti-poaching-squad

8.2 tonnes of red sanders seized at Tuticorin port, Tamil Nadu

On 26 May 2012, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 8.2 tonnes of red sanders logs from a recalled ship at Tuticorin port, Tamil Nadu.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/economy/article3473770.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy

Four wild tigers died in last 24 hours

Four wild tiger deaths reported in the last 24 hours. In the first case a tiger was found dead in Bandipur tiger reserve, Karnataka yesterday. In Maharashtra, a tiger cub rescued yesterday from near Pench tiger reserve died today. In another case of Uttarakhand, an injured tiger rescued from Ramnagar division on last week was died during treatment at Nainital zoo today. In the fourth case, an adult male tiger was found dead with injuries in Bandhavgarh tiger reserve, Madhya Pradesh in the evening. 

Tiger poachers arrested in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh

Forest officials arrested the mastermind of killing two tigers in Haripur Range, Plibhit district on last week . Forest officials say the group of five men who graze their cattle in the forest had planned the killing of tigers after their animals were killed by the big cats.
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/pilibhit-tiger-killings-mastermind-arrested/956536/

Turtle poacher arrested in Suhelwa, Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh forest officials arrested a poacher with 3 live turtles in Suhelwa wildlife sanctuary in Shravasti district on 31 May 2012.
http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/shravasti-9320499.html