Showing posts with label Bangladesh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bangladesh. Show all posts

Monday, 5 October 2015

Friday, 18 September 2015

Turtles brought from India seized in Dhaka

Bangladesh forest officials seized 4200 turtles suspected to be brought from India, consisting of four species - 1,800 pieces are Tricarinate hill turtle, 1,600 Indian pond turtle, 500 star tortoises and 300 Indian roofed turtle.
http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/man-held-4200-turtles-145012

Thursday, 30 July 2015

Friday, 3 July 2015

Friday, 5 June 2015

Spotted black terrapins seized at Dhaka airport

On 31 May 2015, 130 spotted pond turtles (Spotted black terrapins) were seized by the Customs Intelligence Department, at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh. These turtles were to be smuggled to Malaysia, in a Malaysian Airlines flight.
http://www.thedailystar.net/country/130-turtles-seized-dhaka-airport-89407

Thursday, 21 May 2015

Bangladesh pirates terrorise Sunderbans

In the first week of May, 20 villagers from Kalitola and Hingalgunj block had set out for the Gazikhali Shorshuna area of the Sunderbans in four small boats to collect honey from the interiors of the jungle. It got dark by the time they finished, and as the boats made their way out of an inlet, their path was blocked by two bigger boats, five of them were taken prisoner at gun point and the remaining forced to load the catch of the day — 50 kgs of fresh honey — on to the Bangladeshi boats.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bangladesh-pirates-terrorise-sunderbans/article1-1349427.aspx

Friday, 24 April 2015

Monday, 2 February 2015

Spotted black terrapins seized at India-Bangladesh border

The Border Security Force (BSF) of India seized 185 Spotted black terrapins close to the Indo-Bangla border late on 29 January 2015. The turtles were being smuggled into Bangladesh near the Kalanchi Border Outpost in the Gaighata police station area of North 24-Parganas district, West Bengal.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/46069295.cms

Monday, 29 September 2014

Thursday, 6 February 2014

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Friday, 22 November 2013

Reptiles seized on India-Bangladesh border

10 reptiles suspected to be of spiny-tailed lizards were seized by Border Security Force at Bangladesh border in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on 20 November 2013.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/3-held-for-trading-in-protected-species/articleshow/26171568.cms

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

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

Monday, 30 April 2012

Turtles smuggled from India seized in Bangladesh

Bangladesh forest department seized 87 Three Keeled Tortoise (Melanochelys tricarinata) and 68 Snail-eating Turtle (Melanochelys trijuga) on 27 April 2012 at Benapole check post.
http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=223345&cid=2