Thursday, 28 June 2018

Critically Endangered - Great Indian Bustard electrocuted

A Great Indian Bustard (GIB), died after hitting a high-tension wire at Ramdeora closure in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan on 27 June 2018. This is the fourth GIB, locally known as ‘godawan’, that has died in this manner in last one year.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/another-gib-dies-after-hitting-high-tension-wire/articleshow/64770342.cms

Rhino poacher sentenced to 7 years imprisonment

The Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Golaghat, Madhurjya Narayan, sentenced Manik Das of Sonitpur district to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of seven years and also to pay a fine of Rs 10,000 and in default of payment of fine, he will have to undergo simple imprisonment of another three months under Section 51 of Wildlife Protection Act read with (Assam Amendment) Act 2009 for killing a rhino. On January 10, 2015 one bullet-ridden carcass of rhino was recovered on the northern side of Khainala of Chibe Chapori under Sixth Addition of Kaziranga National Park.
https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam-7-years-rigorous-imprisonment-rhino-poacher.html

Thursday, 21 June 2018

Three years imprisonment for Chinkara poachers

A court in Beohari had convicted three persons for killing a Chinkara (Indian Gazelle) in Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh on August 2015. The accused were sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment and ₹10,000 fine each.

Thursday, 14 June 2018

Three poachers convicted for elephant poaching in Tamil Nadu

The court of District Munsif -cum- Judicial Magistrate in Kotagiri, Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu had convicted three people for killing an elephant and removing its tusks in July 2011 at Nilgiris North forest division. Three convicts were sentenced to 3 years rigorous imprisonment and ₹10,000 fine each for violating Wildlife Protection Act and a fine of ₹500 each for violating Tamil Nadu Forest Act. Out of fine ₹14,000 has been ordered to reward the persons who renders assistance in the detection of the offence/ the apprehension of the offenders u/s 60A(1) of Wildlife Protection Act.