Elephant tusks seized in Kerala

Kerala forest department seized two elephant tusks and arrested four persons in Palakkad district on 15 January 2014.

Leopard caught in trap at Andhra Pradesh

A leopard caught in wire trap placed by poachers was rescued by forest department in Mahbubnagar forest division of Andhra Pradesh.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140116/news-current-affairs/article/leopard-caught-trap-rescued

Elephant tusks seized in Mumbai

Police arrested three persons with three elephant tusks in Mumbai on 11 January 2014.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Three-held-with-elephant-tusks-in-Dharavi/articleshow/28829226.cms

Rhino shot dead in Assam

A rhino, who shot at and wounded by suspected poachers few days ago had died in Assam's Sonitpur district.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/injured-rhino-dies-114010901295_1.html

Three years imprisonment for Mongoose killer

CJM court in Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh had found guilty on a person who had killed two mongoose in November 2012 and sentenced him to three years imprisonment and Rs. 10,000 fine.

DFO suspended in Tamil Nadu

A Divisional Forest Officer who recently said that several forest department personnel were in cahoots with red sander smugglers and alleged that officers aided the smugglers to fell and smuggle red sander trees worth several crore from the forest area in Vellore Circle in the last one year was suspended by Tamil Nadu government.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Vellore-Dist-Forest-Officer-Suspended/2014/01/07/article1987023.ece

Corals seized in Kolkata

Wildlife Crime Control Bureau officials seized 30 kg of corals in Kolkata on 6 January 2014.
http://ct.moreover.com/ct?haid=80fcba042f9c49aa1389052566439376a0d8d2a214611&co=f000000011216s-3582469640

Turtles seized in Gujarat

Railway police seized ten turtles and arrested a person in Vadodara, Gujarat on 4 January 2014.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/Star-turtles-seized-in-railway-parcel/articleshow/28426555.cms

Leopard caught in trap died in Hamirpur, H.P

On 4 January 2014, a leopard was caught in a trap placed by poachers and died in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh.

Seven peacocks poisoned in Uttar Pradesh

Poachers were killed seven peacocks by using poison infested food in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh on 4 January 2014.

Leopard caught in clutch-wire trap died in Karnataka

A leopard was caught in clutch-wire trap placed by poachers in Udupi district of Karnataka and later died after rescued on 2 January 2014.
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=210295

Rhino shot dead in Manas, Assam

On 31 December 2013, poachers killed a rhino and took away the horn in Manas National Park, Assam
http://www.newswala.com/India-National-News/Poachers-killed-another-one-horned-rhino-in-Assams-Manas-National-Park-MNP-54434.html

Police shot dead a sloth bear in Chhattisgarh

In a human-animal conflict case, police in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh shot dead a sloth bear on 1 January 2014.

Forest Range Officer arrested for accepting bribe

The anti-corruption bureau of Maharashtra government arrested a range officer for accepting a bribe from saw mill owner in Aurangabad.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/Range-forest-officer-lands-in-ACB-net/articleshow/28250634.cms

Hog deer included in Schedule-I and Tokay gecko on Schedule-IV

Through a gazette notification last month government had included Hog deer in the list of Schedule-I of Wildlife Protection Act, also Tokay gecko in Schedule-IV. Earlier in 2009 Horseshoe crabs were also find a place in Schedule-IV.
http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=26..010114.jan14