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 …
Thirty-nine tigers and 16 lions were killed across the country -- most of them by poachers -- since 2006, Government told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. As many as 29 tigers and nine lions were killed by poachers, Minister of State for Environment and Forests S Regupathy said. He said …
KOLKATA: The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is likely to refer to Interpol the case of Czech entomologist Emil Kucera illegally fleeing India, jumping bail granted by a Darjeeling court. Mr. Kucera, who was awarded three-year imprisonment for smuggling out rare insects from the Singalila National Park in June, fled to …
In an example of how civilian co-operation can help tackle wildlife crime, three dancing bears have been rescued from Salem district in Tamil Nadu, after local people responded to an advert in a regional paper asking for information on sightings of dancing bears.Wildlife SOS, an NGO in a joint operation …
An international racket of trade in tiger parts has been unearthed by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) leading to the arrest of three alleged poachers. The racket, having connections with Narayan, brother of jailed poacher Sansarchand, was busted during a five-month-long operation in four north Indian states. Three key …
On the heels of India's intervention on Thursday suggesting restrictions on captive tiger farming in countries like China, a working group based on this suggestion was formed, which met at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) on Friday. "The working group consists of India, US, China, WWF, …
Bhima Bawariya was arrested in 2005 following a seizure of tiger parts, is now out on bail This Monday, a team from the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) raided a house in Old Gurgaon and recovered a 14-foot long tiger carcass. The tiger had clearly been poached recently, but the …
Marcus Dam KOLKATA: Two Czech nationals, held for allegedly smuggling specimens of beetles and moths from the northern range of the Singalila National Park in Darjeeling district on June 22, were remanded to judicial custody by a local court at a special session on Wednesday after their pleas for bail …
NEW DELHI: After a tiger skeleton was recovered from a residential premises at Surat Nagar in Gurgaon on Monday following a combined raid by the local police and officials of the Delhi-based Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, the Haryana police have registered a case and are now looking for the accused …
The tiger cannot be preserved if we ignore the incentives to kill it Even as a tentative beginning is made in Sariska, tiger parts seized in Gurgaon are a reminder of the dire threat that continues to stalk India's dwindling tiger population. This is the biggest seizure so far for …
GURGAON/NEW DELHI: A complete tiger skeleton was recovered from a residential premises at Surat Nagar in Gurgaon on Monday afternoon following a combined raid by the Gurgaon police and officials of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau. A senior official of the Bureau said: "The raid was carried out following a …
July 7: In a joint operation between Haryana police and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, about 20 kg of suspected tiger bones have been seized in Suratnagar village near Pataudi in Haryana. Sources in the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau said the chances of these bones being of tigers is 99 …
The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), set up at the behest of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is grappling with an acute shortage of staff with around 70 per cent of total posts yet to be filled. The Bureau, which set up last year by Environment Ministry, aimed to develop infrastructure …
Efforts of Corbett National Park officials and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) have helped save lives of at least three tigers of the Corbett National Park. According to officials of ministry of environment and forest, the park authorities received some information about dubious movements of a person from Bawariya …
If you thought Chandigarh was all about greens, here's a peek into its "wild, red' side. UT, with its massive wildlife wealth, possessed by the high and mighty, can put any state in India to shame. It did in 2003 when its residents made a beeline for disclosure of wildlife …
Besides poaching, loss of habitat, toxins cause deaths It is not just India's national animal tiger which is in danger at the hands of poachers in the country. Officials figures suggest that the future of other animals in the wild - elephants, rhinos and critically-endangered gharials - is also not …
The World Wildlife Fund today warned that Sikkim might become the next hub of international illegal wildlife through Nathu La border trade. Nathu La trade route is the shortest route to Tibet region of China, which has wooed the wildlife traders, WWF programme officer Dwaipayan Banerjee said highlighting on measures …
Karnataka might soon have a wildlife crime bureau on the lines of the National Wildlife Crime Bureau, which was set up on the recommendations of the Tiger Task Force. The threat to wildlife in the State is more from indigenous tribes than from outsiders. "We are convinced that the Hakki …
