Two forest dept employees caught accepting bribe

Leopard-Human conflict is one of the main reason for large number of leopard deaths in India. Timely and adequate compensation to villagers can reduce the deaths, if forest dept. employees asks bribe from villagers what will happen?

Poachers killed a leopard in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve

Post-mortem report of a leopard found dead in Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary a part of Dudhwa tiger reserve in Uttar Pradesh on 27th July shows that animal was killed by poachers.

Deer meat seized in Nagpur

A school teacher was arrested with 4.5kg of deer meat and a case was registered by Maharashtra forest department at Nagpur district.

Star tortoise trade going unchecked in Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Star tortoise trade had increased in the city of Indore due to people's aspiration of keeping the animal as pet.

Cat snake found in courier parcel

Courier personnel in Chennai found a cat snake during the scanning of a parcel addressed to Slovakia. Later wildlife personnel rescued the snake and a case under wildlife protection act has registered.

Two suspected leopard poachers arrested

Two poachers who were managed to abscond during the the seizure of two leopard skins by forest department on 19th July at Mussosrie forest division arrested.

Leopard trapped by poachers died in Nagarhole, Karnataka

A female leopard caught in a trap set by poachers and died due to exhaustion.

Man arrested for possessing ivory in Corbett Tiger Reserve

One person was arrested with ivory at Kalagarh Range of Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand.

Two arrested for killing tusker in Erode district

Tamil Nadu forest department arrested two persons with a pair of elephant tusks. Animal had poached by them on two months back in Sathyamangalam forest division.

2 fishermen arrested for killing flamingos in Maharashtra

Two fishermen were arrested in connection with poaching of flamingos and seized a rifle and 75 live cartridges in Mumbai.

Three leopard skins seized in Bageshwar

Three leopard skins seized and three persons were arrested by Uttarakhand forest department at Bageshwar. One of the accused is a repeat offender, he was arrested with leopard skins earlier this year and was out on bail.

Leopard trapped by poachers died in Hoshiarpur

This is the third such case in Hoshiarpur, Punjab in the last seven months.

Poacher accidentally shot dead by accomplice

This incident was reported from Salem district of Tamil Nadu on 15th July 2011.

Forest Officer killed in Jammu & Kashmir (June 2011)

Wood smugglers killed a forest officer in Budgam district of Jammu & Kashmir on 21 June 2011.

Body parts of birds and animals seized in Indore

Madhya Pradesh forest department raided a place in Indore used for black magic purposes and seized body parts of birds and animals.