Illegal wildlife poaching case: 8 leopard pelts, 38 bear biles and more seized in J&K; 2 kingpins held
A case has also been registered in the Anantnag police station, the statement from the Environment Ministry stated. As per the preliminary investigation, the offenders arrested from Anantnag and Manwal were partners in the Illegal Wildlife Trade.
Jan 30, 2021, 23:46 PM IST
Royal Bengal Tiger skin recovered in Kolkata in joint operation by forest department officials
Acting on a tip-off, the officers of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Wildlife Crime Control Cell and West Bengal Forest Directorate conducted a joint raid and recovered an old skin of Royal Bengal Tiger. The officers also arrested three persons in possession of the tiger skin.
Jan 23, 2020, 23:31 PM IST
Lion cub, 3 rare white-headed langurs rescued in Kolkata
A lion cub and three rare white-headed langurs were rescued from Belghoria Expressway in the northern suburbs of Kolkata, West Bengal, in the wee hours of Saturday (June 1).
Jun 01, 2019, 10:32 AM IST
Wildlife agency seizes huge consignments of live animals
It said that the operation witnessed overwhelming response from states of Assam, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
Mar 03, 2017, 00:41 AM IST
"Bio-diversity hit by ignorance, low income of forest people"
Ignorance coupled with dwindling income level of people living in the fringe areas of forests, has put enormous pressure on the balance of biodiversity, deputy director of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), Abhijit Roychowdhury, said here today.
Dec 29, 2015, 18:30 PM IST
