Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Monday, 17 June 2013

Steel trap seized near Melghat tiger reserve

A blacksmith who used to make traps for poachers for last five years was arrested near Melghat tiger reserve in Amravati district of Maharashtra on 14 June 2013 with a leg-hold steel trap.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-15/environment/39992514_1_tiger-poaching-ntca-tiger-killings

Red sanders seized in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh forest officials seized 209 red sanders logs and arrested seven smugglers in the forest areas in Kadapa, Chittoor and Nellore districts on 16 June 2013.
http://newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Seven-smugglers-arrested-209-red-sanders-logs-seized/2013/06/17/article1638558.ece#

Tiger poachers arrested in Pilibhit

Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh police arrested two absconding poachers on 15 June 2013 in connection with killing of two tigers on May last year in Pilibhit district.
http://www.amarujala.com/news/states/uttar-pradesh/pilibhit/Pilibhit-68644-122/

Two mouse deer killed in Goa

Goa forest officials arrested person on 15 June 2013 for killing two mouse deer.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-16/goa/40006686_1_deer-mice-forest-department-team

Two blackbucks killed in Gujarat

Poachers killed two blackbucks in Ahemdabad district of Gujarat on 13 June 2013.
http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/1847939/report-poachers-slay-two-blackbucks

Poacher arrested near Corbett tiger reserve

A suspected tiger poacher was arrested by forest department with leg-hold steel traps in Lansdowne forest division adjoining to Corbett tiger reserve, Uttarakhand on the night of 15 June 2013.

Thursday, 13 June 2013

Carcasses of peacocks and partridges seized in Karnataka

Karnataka police arrested three persons with carcasses of 11 peacocks and 28 grey partridges in Mysore on 11 June 2013.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysore/Poached-peacock-meat-served-in-Mysore-hotels/articleshow/20561486.cms

Elephant tusk seized in Karnataka

CID Forest Cell of Karnata police arrested a person with 3 kg of elephant tusk in Chamrajnagar district on 12 June 2013.
http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Tusk-seized-from-Veerappans-aide/2013/06/13/article1632083.ece

9 tigers killed in Central India recently

Interrogation of three tiger poachers arrested last week in Maharashtra reveals that their gang had killed 9 tigers recently in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. According to the poachers, the gangs killed tigers in Parseoni (2) near Ramtek, Melghat (2) and Tumsar-Tiroda (2) in Gondia, and Umred (1). The tally goes up to 9 after they revealed on Wednesday that two more were killed in Chhui in Mandla and Seoni, both in MP. However, forest officials are aware of only one death - in Melghat - so far.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/flora-fauna/not-5-poachers-kill-9-tigers-in-2-months/articleshow/20563859.cms

Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Gangetic dolphin carcass seized from fisherman in Uttar Pradesh

A fisherman was arrested in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh for illegally capture a gangetic dolphin using net in Yamuna river on 1 June 2013.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-01/kanpur/39674107_1_dolphin-carcass-ganges-river-dolphin-gangetic

Sambar meat seized in Goa

Wildlife officials in Goa seized 20 kg sambar meat on 1 June 2013, in another two cases they were also seized bush meat and 36 Indian bull frogs.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-02/goa/39690077_1_sambar-wild-meat-mouse-deer

Big wildlife seizure reported from Nepal

On 31 May 2013, Nepal police fired at wildlife smugglers in Darchula district, an Indo-Nepal border district and seized large number of illegal wildlife products inluding tiger and leopard skins, elephant tusk, musk pods and pangolin scales.
http://ekantipur.com/2013/06/02/national/wildlife-smuggler-hurt-in-police-action/372606.html