Iowa man charged over capture of rare Alabama turtle
An Iowa man, Aiden Throndson, was arrested on August 8 near Highway 278 in Winston County, Alabama, and now faces 124 charges linked to the alleged capture and sale of protected species.…
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Sacked Delhi police constable held for Kuno leopard poaching
Madhya Pradesh's State Tiger Strike Force has arrested former Delhi Police constable Bhagwan Singh alias Salim in connection with the killing of 10 leopards in the Kuno-Chambal forest landscape. The arrest came…
431 protected birds among 863 rescued in Delhi Kabootar Market raid
Times of India reports that a joint raid by Delhi police, People For Animals (PFA), World Wide Animal, and the forest and wildlife department at Kabootar Market in central Delhi has rescued…
Vikram gibbon video: one of three died, probe underway
Actor Vikram is under investigation after an Instagram reel showing him cuddling a lar gibbon, an endangered primate, sparked a wildlife violation probe. The Times of India reports conservationists raised the alarm…
Five held for smuggling 12 kg ivory in Kozhikode
The Hindu reports that a flying squad of the Forest department arrested five men on Sunday for allegedly smuggling about 12 kg of ivory. The arrests followed a tip-off to the Forest…
