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Four ivory tusks seized from Kolkata; four arrested: Officials

According to people aware of the details, two tusks measured around 13–14 inches each in length, the other two measured around 18 inches

Elephants are protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. (HT photo | Sourced)

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Published on Mar 07, 2025 10:52 AM IST

ByJoydeep Thakur

GRP Ayodhya recovers 94 turtles

Upon discovering the reptiles, the police immediately secured the turtles and provided them with water to ensure their well-being.

The seized turtles by GRP at Ayodhya Cantt railway station on Saturday. (Sourced)

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Published on Nov 30, 2024 08:12 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

It’s monkey business again at Panjab University

Monkeys are mostly seen around the boys’ hostels and residential area, especially the western side of Panjab University, and also sometimes at popular places like the Student Centre

Monkey menace at Panjab University is back amid the start of the 2024-25 academic session. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 15, 2024 08:36 AM IST

ByRajanbir Singh, Chandigarh

Poacher arrested with rhino horn in Assam: Officials

In March this year, the Special Task Force of Assam Police arrested three alleged rhino poachers and recovered a rhino horn weighing 7.14 kilograms from Kamrup district

Officials said that two other suspected poachers managed to flee the spot (HT Photo/Sourced)

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Updated on May 03, 2024 05:48 PM IST

ByBiswa Kalyan Purkayastha

Suspected poacher held in Assam with 3.7kg elephant tusk: Officials

WCC officials said that they informed the local police after getting specific information about the suspected poacher who was in the Pub-Kachukata locality to sell the item.

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Published on Feb 17, 2024 02:47 PM IST

ByBiswa Kalyan Purkayastha

Five arrested with body parts of rhino, tiger, elephants in Assam

This is the fourth recovery of smuggled animal body parts including elephant tusks in Assam in the last ten days

Police said that this was one of the biggest seizures of animal body parts in Assam this month. (Representative Image)

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Updated on Aug 23, 2023 09:00 PM IST

ByBiswa Kalyan Purkayastha

Mother-son wildlife trafficking duo arrested from Assam and Meghalaya

The police recovered 7.60gm of pangolin scales and body parts of some other wildlife creatures during the search operation in both states

Pangolin scales seized during the operation against wildlife trafficking.

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Updated on Aug 18, 2023 08:42 AM IST

ByBiswa Kalyan Purkayastha

Another tiger dies in Maharashtra, 28 since January this year

A full-grown tiger died of suspected electrocution in the vicinity of Khandal village under the neighbouring Bhandara forest division in the Tumsar forest range on Wednesday evening

Maharashtra has the highest death toll of tigers in India (Representative Photo)

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Updated on Aug 17, 2023 05:42 PM IST

ByPradip Kumar Maitra

Wildlife Bureau issues ‘red alert’ against poachers, hunters in all tiger reserves

The red alert is issued for six tiger reserves across India, including two of Madhya Pradesh and three districts of MP, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra

The red alert was issued a few days after a beheaded carcass of tiger was found in Satpura Tiger Reserve (Representative Photo)

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Updated on Jul 02, 2023 01:19 PM IST

ByShruti Tomar

Smuggler held with leopard claws, teeth

Aditya Madanpotra, deputy conservator of forests (north division), said, acting on a tip-off, the team -- projecting themselves as prospective buyers -- met the man at Kashmere Gate ISBT around 7am on Friday and caught him with a bag of leopard claws and teeth.

The Indian leopard has been listed as a vulnerable species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)--an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources-- because of its depleting population.(Parikhit Saikia / HT Archive)

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Published on Jul 03, 2021 01:47 AM IST

BySoumya Pillai, New Delhi

Leopard skin seized in Kolkata; two arrested

The raid that led to the seizure and the arrests was conducted on the basis of an intelligence report received by WCCB

The seized leopard skin.(Source: Wildlife Crime Control Bureau)

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Published on Nov 10, 2020 03:55 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kolkata | ByTanmay Chatterjee

Maharashtra golden-backed frog found in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve

The unique species was identified earlier this week near a remote waterfall by Wildlife Crime Control Bureau member Rohan Bhate and wildlife researcher Hemant Kenjale during a study tour to explore the reserve’s biodiversity

The golden-backed frog(Photo courtesy: Rohan Bhate)

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Updated on Oct 29, 2020 09:53 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByBadri Chatterjee

‘More arrests soon’: Kerala minister after 1 held in elephant’s death case

Union environment minister Prakash Javedkar had announced another probe by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, which has also begun its investigation.

Elephants pulling a 15-year-old pregnant wild elephant who died after suffering injuries, in Velliyar River, Palakkad district of Kerala state on May 27.(AP)

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Updated on Jun 06, 2020 07:23 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Thiruvananthapuram | ByHT Correspondent

In Bengal, more than 500 endangered turtles seized from UP smugglers

The team seized 519 Indian softshell turtles, two Peacock softshell turtles and two Gangetic softshell turtles. The Peacock softshell turtle figures in the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as ‘threatened species’.

Smuggling of endangered turtles, which are considered a delicacy in some parts of Bengal and Bangladesh, has become a cause for concern for the Central agency, especially because smugglers have started using innovative methods.(WILDLIFE CRIME CONTROL BUREAU.)

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Updated on Mar 07, 2020 08:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kolkata | ByHT Correspondent

UP families travelling with kids caught smuggling endangered turtles to Bengal

The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) of the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change and the West Bengal forest department personnel arrested 14 men and eight women, making it the biggest arrest in recent history.

There were several children in the group that came to Bengal in the Purvanchal Express, posing as common travellers to evade suspicion. The train travels between Gorakhpur and Kolkata.(HT PHOTO.)

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Updated on Feb 01, 2020 10:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kolkata | ByTanmay Chatterjee

Tiger skin seized in Kolkata, three held

Acting on a tip-off, officials of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (eastern region) and state forest department’s Wildlife Crime Control Unit conducted a joint raid in a hotel on Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in east Kolkata.

WCCB officials said that Mukherjee was the main smuggler. He was trying to sell off the skin at Rs 50 lakh. The accused will be produced in court on Friday.(HT PHOTO.)

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Updated on Jan 24, 2020 01:28 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Kolkata | ByHT Correspondent

Operation Turtshield: Thousand endangered turtles seized from Bengal market

In January 2019, more than 1,700 Indian flapshell turtles were seized in back to back raids in Bengal while being smuggled from Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.

Close to a thousand endangered turtles were seized from a West Bengal market on Sunday morning in a joint raid.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jan 12, 2020 10:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kolkata | ByTanmay Chatterjee

More than 500 parakeets seized in Bengal from Patna-Kolkata bus; two arrested

Officers of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) on Saturday arrested two men and seized from their possession 524 parakeets, trapped in 11 cages, from Bengal’s East Burdwan district. The birds, protected under Indian Wildlife Protection Act and illegally sold as pets, were being carried in a bus plying on the Patna-Kolkata route.

Five hundred and twenty four parakeets, trapped in 11 cages, were seized from Bengal’s East Burdwan district(Photo courtesy Wildlife Crime Control Bureau)

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Updated on Sep 14, 2019 09:06 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Kolkata | ByHT Correspondent

Pan-country alert to find missing elephant

According to officials in Delhi government’s forest department, there has been no trace of the 59-year-old elephant so far and a letter was sent out last month to chief wildlife wardens of all states, alerting them to be on a lookout for the elephant.

Lakshmi was last spotted on the banks of the river Yamuna near Shakarpur. According to officials in the Delhi forest department, there has been no trace of the 59-year-old elephant so far.(Sourced)

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Published on Sep 09, 2019 04:06 AM IST

New Delhi | ByVatsala Shrangi

2 men arrested for selling genitalia of monitor lizards in Gurugram

The police said the team seized eight pieces of hatha jodi and two pieces of Trochus niloticus from the office of Ahlawat. Additionally, 120 pieces of Trochus niloticus were recovered from Bhardwaj’s shop.

The suspects sold hatha jodi (dried genitalia of monitor lizards) and protected seashells, both banned in the country.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 28, 2019 03:22 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Gurugram | ByLeena Dhankhar

Lion cub, 3 langurs caught while being smuggled into Bengal

The WCCB officers seized the animals in a joint operation with the West Bengal forest department upon a tip off by sources.

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Updated on Jun 01, 2019 11:39 AM IST

Kolkata | ByHT Correspondent

100 kg peacock feathers bound for Dubai seized at Mumbai airport

Maharashtra forest department confirmed this as the largest seizure of peacock feathers from smugglers in Mumbai.

The persons involved have given us a few leads and we are investigating the source,” said Jitendra Ramgaokar, deputy conservator of forest, Thane range.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Apr 24, 2019 06:03 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByHT Correspondent

102 one-horned rhinos killed since 2008, 209 poachers arrested: RTI reply

The maximum killings of 84 one-horned rhinoceros have been reported from Assam, according to data provided by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), under the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

As many as 102 one-horned rhinoceros have been poached and killed in the country since 2008.(AFP)

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Updated on Jan 22, 2019 05:55 PM IST

Noida (Uttar Pradesh) | ByPress Trust of India

Maharashtra, Goa failed to check unnatural deaths of leopards, tigers: Petition

A total of 23 leopards died in road accidents in the state — the highest in the country.

Unnatural deaths of leopards in India increased from 118 in 2014 to 159 in 2017(Wildlife SOS)

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Updated on Jan 02, 2019 08:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByBadri Chatterjee, Mumbai

Now, wildlife smuggling via post office

At least 50 – 60 cases are being detected almost every year... sometimes live animals are also being smuggled, said Tilotama varma, additional director, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau.

wildlife parts and species are being smuggled out of India via post offices.(HT File Photo (Representational Image))

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Published on Dec 02, 2018 09:18 AM IST

New Delhi | ByJoydeep Thakur

17 exotic tortoises recovered from man in Meerut

A man was arrested in Meerut on Thursday for allegedly being in possession of 12 star tortoises and five red-eared sliders. They were being smuggled from Chennai.

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Updated on Nov 03, 2018 12:41 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Noida | ByHT Correspondent

Maha to collate data on smugglers, wild animals to curb illicit trade

Agencies handling cases related to wildlife crimes have been directed to submit details to Wildlife Crime Control Bureau

Authorities seized 8,000 kg of shark fins in the first week of September.(ANI/TWITTER)

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Published on Sep 17, 2018 11:47 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByBadri Chatterjee, Mumbai

CID seizes 2,499 turtles in West Bengal, four detained

The turtles have been sent to the Turtle Rehabilitation Centre in Salt Lake.

CID sleuths along with officials of the Wild Life Crime Control Bureau and the state forest department, intercepted a truck and seized 92 boxes containing the turtles, including 700 dead Indian soft shell turtles, an official said.(AFP File/Representative image)

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Published on May 26, 2018 06:03 PM IST

Press Trust of India, Kolkata | ByPress Trust of India

WCCB to train officers in intelligence gathering

Keeping in mind the frail intelligence network in the state on wildlife-related crimes, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has decided to train forest officers as ‘master trainers’ on intelligence gathering and these officers will further train other staff in their respective states

The WCCB is concerned with the low priority given to intelligence for which many states do not have a proper structure.(HT File Photo)

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Published on Apr 28, 2018 09:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByNihi Sharma

On wildlife crime bureau list, Salman Khan is criminal No. 39 after blackbuck conviction

Salman Khan was sentenced to five years in prison on April 5 by a Jodhpur court for killing two blackbucks, an endangered antelope, in 1998.

The official website of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau where actor Salman Khan is listed for the blackbuck poaching case.(Screenshot/WCCB)

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Updated on Apr 26, 2018 04:45 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dehradun | ByNihi Sharma

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According to people aware of the details, two tusks measured around 13–14 inches each in length, the other two measured around 18 inches

Upon discovering the reptiles, the police immediately secured the turtles and provided them with water to ensure their well-being.

Monkeys are mostly seen around the boys’ hostels and residential area, especially the western side of Panjab University, and also sometimes at popular places like the Student Centre

In March this year, the Special Task Force of Assam Police arrested three alleged rhino poachers and recovered a rhino horn weighing 7.14 kilograms from Kamrup district

WCC officials said that they informed the local police after getting specific information about the suspected poacher who was in the Pub-Kachukata locality to sell the item.

This is the fourth recovery of smuggled animal body parts including elephant tusks in Assam in the last ten days

The police recovered 7.60gm of pangolin scales and body parts of some other wildlife creatures during the search operation in both states

A full-grown tiger died of suspected electrocution in the vicinity of Khandal village under the neighbouring Bhandara forest division in the Tumsar forest range on Wednesday evening

The red alert is issued for six tiger reserves across India, including two of Madhya Pradesh and three districts of MP, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra

Aditya Madanpotra, deputy conservator of forests (north division), said, acting on a tip-off, the team -- projecting themselves as prospective buyers -- met the man at Kashmere Gate ISBT around 7am on Friday and caught him with a bag of leopard claws and teeth.

The raid that led to the seizure and the arrests was conducted on the basis of an intelligence report received by WCCB

The unique species was identified earlier this week near a remote waterfall by Wildlife Crime Control Bureau member Rohan Bhate and wildlife researcher Hemant Kenjale during a study tour to explore the reserve’s biodiversity

Union environment minister Prakash Javedkar had announced another probe by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, which has also begun its investigation.

The team seized 519 Indian softshell turtles, two Peacock softshell turtles and two Gangetic softshell turtles. The Peacock softshell turtle figures in the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as ‘threatened species’.

The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) of the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change and the West Bengal forest department personnel arrested 14 men and eight women, making it the biggest arrest in recent history.

Acting on a tip-off, officials of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (eastern region) and state forest department’s Wildlife Crime Control Unit conducted a joint raid in a hotel on Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in east Kolkata.

In January 2019, more than 1,700 Indian flapshell turtles were seized in back to back raids in Bengal while being smuggled from Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.

According to officials in Delhi government’s forest department, there has been no trace of the 59-year-old elephant so far and a letter was sent out last month to chief wildlife wardens of all states, alerting them to be on a lookout for the elephant.

The police said the team seized eight pieces of hatha jodi and two pieces of Trochus niloticus from the office of Ahlawat. Additionally, 120 pieces of Trochus niloticus were recovered from Bhardwaj’s shop.

The WCCB officers seized the animals in a joint operation with the West Bengal forest department upon a tip off by sources.

Maharashtra forest department confirmed this as the largest seizure of peacock feathers from smugglers in Mumbai.

The maximum killings of 84 one-horned rhinoceros have been reported from Assam, according to data provided by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), under the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

A total of 23 leopards died in road accidents in the state — the highest in the country.

At least 50 – 60 cases are being detected almost every year... sometimes live animals are also being smuggled, said Tilotama varma, additional director, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau.

A man was arrested in Meerut on Thursday for allegedly being in possession of 12 star tortoises and five red-eared sliders. They were being smuggled from Chennai.

Agencies handling cases related to wildlife crimes have been directed to submit details to Wildlife Crime Control Bureau

The turtles have been sent to the Turtle Rehabilitation Centre in Salt Lake.

Keeping in mind the frail intelligence network in the state on wildlife-related crimes, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has decided to train forest officers as ‘master trainers’ on intelligence gathering and these officers will further train other staff in their respective states

Salman Khan was sentenced to five years in prison on April 5 by a Jodhpur court for killing two blackbucks, an endangered antelope, in 1998.

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