In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
Illegal rock and sand extraction, which has been going on unabated in the bordering Shao river bed and khas land in and around Bhazanpur border area under Tentulia upazila, has become a cause of concern for ecological balance in the area. Villagers said the river, entering Bangladesh from India, is …
Granite blocks worth Rs 1 crore were seized at illegal mining area near Surappanahalli of Bagepalli taluk, on Monday. Tahsildar Dr Roopashree having a look at the granite blocks and other materials seized near Surappanahalli of Bagepalli taluk on Monday. DH photoA team led by tahsildar Dr Roopashree conducted the …
The illegal slaughter of African elephants for ivory is now worse than it was at its peak in the 1980s. New forensic tools based on DNA analysis can help stop the cartels behind this bloody trade.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) secured an agreement in 1989 among its member states to ban the international trade in ivory. This disruption of the international ivory market was intended to reverse a sharp decline in the African elephant population, which resulted from widespread poaching for …
Every day hundreds of unlicensed fishing vessels enter African waters and trawl for shrimp, sardines, tuna, and mackerel. According to a study commissioned by the UK
Cauvery Sene office-bearers staged a protest in front of the office of Assistant Commissioner , urging the district administration to stop illegal sand mining at Kodlipete. Assistant Commissioner Akrampasha talking to Cauvery Sene office-bearers who staged protest against illegal sand mining on Monday. DH photo
ERODE: Sathyamangalam unit of the Communist Party of India has alleged that illegal mining of sand is going on near Bhavani Sagar dam. A release says on the Moyar river bed, near forest area, as many as 25 lorries are employed to illegally mine sand. It says as much as …
Western Ghat Task Force President Ananth Hegde Asisara has said that government has accepted the recommendation of the Task Force to stop mining of iron ore and Manganese in Western Ghats, which is an ecological hotspot. Addressing a news conference at Deputy Commissioner
New Delhi: Illegal trade in protected birds continues unabated with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau officials seizing 70 live birds including parrots and munias meant for sale. Alexandrian parrots and black headed munias were seized from a locked room of a rented house in Daryaganj area in central Delhi, WCCB …
SALEM: Salem Corporation seized a large quantity of magnesite stones which were being illegally mined from its land in Chettichavadi on Tuesday. The civic administration conducted a raid in Chettichavadi following widespread complaints that a few persons were illegally mining the stones in the land earmarked for the establishment of …
Ukrainian customs said Monday its officers had seized 250 tortoises that a passenger had tried to smuggle across the former Soviet republic's eastern border aboard a sleeper train. "While officers were conducting a check aboard the Tashkent-Kharkiv train, a citizen of Uzbekistan was found to have hidden 250 tortoises behind …
THE State Assembly on Monday witnessed heated exchanges between PWD Minister Durai Murugan and his predecessor O Panneerselvam over the irregularities in sand quarrying As the charges and counter-charges over the sand quarrying reached a crescendo both of them hurled personalised charges against each other, which were later expunged by …
June 22: Mud snakes and star tortoises from Anantapur and Kadapa districts are being smuggled out of the state for a neat profit. Unscrupulous traders from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Chittoor, Nellore, Kadapa and Anantapur in the state have been buying mud snakes weighing three kg for Rs 3 lakh …
Bhadra Reserve Forest has a distinct place of its own at the national-level when it comes to conservation of wild life. There are large number of tigers dwelling in the forest. Unfortunately, certain illegal activities are going on reportedly with the support of Forest Department is likely to mar the …
Twelve very rare and endangered velvet monkeys that were being brought into the country by using forged documents have been confiscated and the wildlife trafficker has been caught and fined. According to sources, the smuggled moneys are being kept in quarantine, and the fine has been recovered by the Sindh …
Thailand still has Asia's biggest illegal elephant ivory market despite promises to crack down, the wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic said on Friday. The report said Bangkok should close "elephant-sized loopholes" in its wildlife protection laws that enable sellers to pass off illegal ivory as coming from a legal source …
