Poachers shot dead a forest guard in Andhra Pradesh

Poachers shot dead a temporary forest guard of Andhra Pradesh forest department during patrolling at East Godavari district on 22 October 2017.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/forest-dept-aide-killed-in-hunters-firing/article19902577.ece

Illegal loggers killed two forest officers in Andhra Pradesh

Forest Beat Officer Lazarus (40) and Bade Saheb (35), assistant beat officer, were axed to death on 9 April 2016 morning after they reportedly tried to stop an auto carrying wood from the forest in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/two-forest-officers-axed-to-death/article8457022.ece?css=print

Monitor lizards under threat in Andhra Pradesh

Alleged medicinal values linked to Varanus is posing a threat to its survival in Andhra Pradesh. The demand for the Varanus is high at the Machilipatnam fish market in Krishna district.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/survival-of-varanus-under-threat/article7420104.ece

Tortoises seized in Andhra Pradesh

Police seized 14 tortoises in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on 30 June 2015.
http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20150630/2630974.html

Red sanders smugglers outsmart cops

The new methods include sending the logs to China after cutting them into small pieces and packing in polythene packets in the guise of copper wire, which is bound around the logs. This packing process is taking place in a warehouse in Bengaluru.
http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-06-23/Red-sanders-smugglers-outsmart-cops-158935

Orangutans not yet seized in Andhra Pradesh

Faced with the embarrassment of releasing a gang that had been caught transporting two baby orangutans last week, the West Godavari police blamed Forest Department officials and even staff of the Vizag zoo for not identifying the endangered animals correctly and alerting them to the existence of a smuggling racket. “We referred the case to the forest authorities and they said the animals were only monkeys and that they did not figure in the list of endangered species. So we freed the gang,” said a police officer.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/police-forest-officials-blame-each-other-over-orangutans/article7343894.ece

Traffickers are hiding with orangutans in Andhra Pradesh

The police, as per sources, could manage into custody a five-member gang along with two baby orangutans in a cage near Eluru in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on June 17. A picture of the endangered animals had been taken and sent to forest officials for the identification of the exotic species. By the time the confirmation came within hours, the gang could manage to flee, according to a source.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/police-in-search-of-missing-smugglers-orangutans/article7340376.ece

56 country-made weapons seized in Chittoor district

During the last few months Andhra Pradesh police undertook awareness programmes in the villages against poaching of wild animals and warning the residents to voluntarily surrender the weapons. The villagers dumped 56 country-made weapons in forest areas and police teams seized the same at Chittoor district on 18 June 2015.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/major-haul/article7331299.ece

35 star tortoises seized in Andhra Pradesh

Police arrested a woman and seized 35 star tortoises at Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh a source place for the species on 15 June 2015.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/woman-nabbed-with-35-star-tortoises/article7319846.ece

Crackdown leads to arrest of more Chinese nationals in red sanders smuggling

As the Andhra Pradesh police mount pressure on red sanders smugglers, more and more Chinese nationals involved in illegally procuring the wood and exporting them have fallen into the net, more than 50 Chinese citizens have been arrested in the past few years.
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/red-sanders-smuggling-crackdown-leads-to-arrest-of-more-chinese-nationals/99/

4.5 tonnes of red sanders seized in Andhra Pradesh

Police officials arrested six persons and seized 4.5 tonnes of red sanders in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh on 4 May 2015.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Notorious-International-Smuggler-Held-Red-Sanders-Worth-Rs-9-Crore-Seized/2015/05/05/article2798208.ece

Two elephants electrocuted

Two elephants were electrocuted on 10 February 2015, one from an illegal electric fence in Erode district of Tamil Nadu and other from live wire placed by poachers in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh bordering Tamil Nadu.

Range Officer sentenced to three years imprisonment

A forest range officer was sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment by the court of the special judge for Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) cases in Vizag, Andhra Pradesh for accumulating assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/Forest-ranger-convicted-by-ACB-court/articleshow/46143179.cms

More than 800 Indian soft-shelled turtles rescued

Andhra Pradesh Forest Department officials on 7 December 2014 seized more than 800 Indian soft-shelled turtles in Krishna district.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/turtle-smuggling-racket-busted/article6670244.ece

The other side of red sanders smuggling

Rise in smuggling activities puts question mark on police-forest staff coordination. What irritates the forest personnel is that whenever a seizure of red sanders logs is made, the credit invariably goes to the police.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/the-other-side-of-red-sanders-smuggling/article6561283.ece

Red sanders smugglers shot dead in Andhra Pradesh

A special combing team of Andhra Pradesh police and forest department shot dead three red sanders smugglers in Chittoor district on 29 May 2014.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140530/nation-crime/article/three-red-sander-smugglers-tamil-nadu-shot-dead

200 turtles seized in Andhra Pradesh

Police seized 200 turtles in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on 23 April 2014.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/two-held-for-smuggling-of-turtles-114042300401_1.html

14 tonnes of red sanders seized

In two different cases 14 tonnes of red sanders seized on last week, it includes 7.5 tonnes seized in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh and 6.5 tonnes seized by DRI in Kolkata.

Red sanders seized in Andhra Pradesh

A joint team of police and forest department seized two trucks carrying red sanders in Kadapa district on 10 March 2014.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/red-sanders-worth-rs-2-cr-seized-three-smugglers-held-114031000217_1.html

800 Olive Ridley turtles found dead in Andhra coast

More than 800 Olive Ridley turtles, which came to lay eggs on the beaches of Nellore in Andhra Pradesh, had died mainly by the use of trawl nets by fishermen.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/800-turtles-dead-in-nellore/article5727378.ece