Two arrested for hunting langur in Pune

Jun 12, 2020

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 : Pune Forest Department on Friday said two people were arrested for allegedly hunting a langur in the Junnar...

BSF at Indo-Bangladesh border sensitised about human-elephant conflict, wildlife crimes

Feb 11, 2025

A sensitisation workshop on 'Wildlife Crimes and Wildlife Protection Act, 1972' for Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed along the India-Bangladesh border was organised...

Kerala: Five held for illegal possession of two-toed sand boa in Kannur

Apr 05, 2025

Forest officials arrested five individuals on Thursday for illegally possessing a two-toed sand boa (Eryx johnii), a protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act,...

Man arrested with leopard skin in Odisha's Boudh

Mar 19, 2023

According to STF, a joint operation was launched with Forest Officials of Boudh Forest Division in Harabhanga area on Saturday regarding the smuggling of...

DRI seizes leopard skins and ivory in Ujjain, arrests two traders

May 06, 2025

The DRI seized two leopard skins with heads and one ivory (wild boar horn) from two traders in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, on May 4,...

Tamil Nadu: Man killed by wild elephant in Thally

Oct 20, 2023

Human-wildlife conflicts are on the rise in Tamil Nadu. With civilisation ever-expanding and forest cover shrinking, human-wildlife conflicts have become inevitable.