Three leopard skins and bones seized in Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand police arrested a person with three leopard skins and bones in Pithoragarh district on 29 April 2016.
http://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/pithoragarh-one-arrested-with-leopard-three-skins-and-bones-13942300.html

Tiger skin seized in Chhattisgarh

Police officials arrested a person with a tiger skin in Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh on 21 April 2016.
http://www.patrika.com/news/kondagaon/kondagaon-one-arrested-with-tiger-skin-1277332/

Shark carcasses seized in Tamil Nadu

Forest officials have seized 10 carcasses of sharks when they fell on the roadside after the truck in which they were being transported met with an accident at Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu on 23 April 2016.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/carcasses-of-speartooth-sharks-seized/article8515050.ece

Forest guard arrested for killing Pench tigress and cubs

A forest guard posted in the buffer zone of Pench Tiger Reserve has been arrested for killing tigers by poisoning water bodies with the intenion of poach spotted deer.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/STF-nabs-forest-guard-for-killing-Pench-tigress-and-cubs/articleshow/51935523.cms

Three years imprisonment for sloth bear killing

The Chamarajanagar Session Court Judge sentenced a man to three years in jail for causing the death of a bear due to illegal electrification of a fence around his land in October 2010.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bear-death-man-gets-3-years-in-jail/article8492468.ece

One person electrocuted at Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuary

A tribal man belong to the Baiga tribe who was going with his family members to collect honey was electrocuted from naked electric wires laid by poachers to kill wild animals at  Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuary, Chhattisgarh on 11 April 2016.
http://www.patrika.com/news/kabirdham/kabirdham-baiga-tribal-dies-of-electrocution-1266050/

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

Wildlife criminals shot dead a police constable in Uttarakhand

A police constable from Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF), Mr. Anant Yadav was shot dead by illegal wildlife traders during an enforcement operation last night to apprehend wildlife criminals at Uttarkashi district. Last month an STF team had successful in arresting an accused with 5 tiger skins and 125 kg tiger bones in Haridwar district.
http://hindi.pradesh18.com/news/uttarakhand/animal-smugglers-encounter-inspector-martyr-1396140.html

Rising cases of dolphin and turtle deaths spark concern

In the last few of weeks, at least six carcasses of dolphins were washed ashore in different places between Kozhikode and Kasaragod in Kerala. Similar incidents were reported from other parts of the country too, including Mumbai and Chennai. Experts who keenly study marine life are of the opinion that these are indications of a serious threat to marine life.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Rising-cases-of-dolphin-and-turtle-deaths-spark-concern/articleshow/51627570.cms

Rhesus Macaque declared as vermin in Shimla

Central Government through a gazette notification declared Rhesus macaque monkeys (Macaca mulatta) as vermin for a period of six months in the Shimla Municipal Corporation Area limits, excluding the forest areas.

Tigress and 3 cubs found dead in Pench tiger reserve

One tigress and three cubs were found dead in Pench tiger reserve of Madhya Pradesh on 28 March 2016.
Update on 30 March 2016: Suspected poisoning case. Bodies of tigress and two cubs found, 3rd cub is missing & 4th cub rescued.

QUEEN OF PENCH, CUBS POISONED: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/QUEEN-OF-PENCH-CUBS-POISONED/articleshow/51606959.cms

See earlier story: Tigress ‘Queen of Pench’ delivers 4 cubs: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Tigress-Queen-of-Pench-delivers-4-cubs/articleshow/47020894.cms

Tiger electrocuted in Maharashtra

Maharashtra forest officials arrested two persons for electrocuting a tigress in Yavatmal district last week.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Nagpur/Tigress-death-RFO-fires-in-air-to-disperse-mob/articleshow/51486163.cms

Tiger skin seized in West Bengal

West Bengal forest officials arrested four persons including a Bhutan national with a tiger skin and bones in Jalpaiguri district on 19 March 2016.
http://www.business-standard.com/video-gallery/general/four-arrested-for-smuggling-royal-bengal-tiger-s-skin-in-jalpaiguri-33546.htm

6 tiger skins and bones seized in Uttarakhand and Kerala

In two separate incidents skins and bones of 6 wild tigers were seized in Uttarakhand and Kerala on 14 March 2016. In Uttarakhand 5 tiger skins and 125 kg tiger bones were seized and one arrested at Haridwar district. In an another incident Kerala forest officials arrested four persons with a tiger skin in Thiruvananthapuram district.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/Is-Corbett-turning-into-poachers-den/articleshow/51399615.cms

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/pelt-seized/article8354526.ece

4 years imprisonment for killing deer in tiger reserve

CJM court in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh had convicted 7 persons for killing a spotted deer in Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary under Dudhwa tiger reserve on January 2008. Court had sentenced all seven accused to four years simple imprisonment and Rs. 25,000 fine each for violation of Section 9 of Wildlife Protection Act (WPA) and three years simple imprisonment and Rs. 15,000 fine each for violation of Section 27 of WPA. Both sentences has to serve concurrently.