Environmental & Wildlife Crime

6+ hour, 2+ min ago   (301+ words) BHUBANESWAR: The orangutan infants, who were rescued from Bichitrapur forest in Balasore district and now under care in Nandankanan zoo, are showing signs of familiarity with humans, indicative of being raised in a captive environment for quite some time, said…...

7+ hour, 46+ min ago   (249+ words) The Statesman Five baby orangutans turning up in an Odisha forest should not be treated as an oddity of the animal kingdom It is a warning about the reach of international wildlife trafficking and, potentially, about India’s place in…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (177+ words) Seven men were arrested after forest officials allegedly caught them hunting peacocks in the Baggalumadu forest area near Motanahalli in Yadgir taluk on Saturday night, officials said on Sunday. Two peacock carcasses and six country-made guns were recovered. The accused,…...

13+ hour, 55+ min ago   (602+ words) Nawee Changpirom has spent years working to rescue trafficked wildlife in Thailand, but even he can sometimes hardly believe the creatures he has found: leopards, hornbills, and once an anteater. "We even found living corals hidden in a ceiling," he…...

15+ hour, 8+ min ago   (78+ words) Anyone Who Violates Mining Laws, Regulations Will Face Prosecution — ACC Attah dailystruggle.ng Anyone Who Violates Mining Laws, Regulations Will Face Prosecution — ACC Attah STRUGGLE MAGAZINE - MAIDEN EDITION ABU Professor Urges Nigeria To Prioritise Soil Management For Food Security, Climate…...

22+ hour, 48+ min ago   (246+ words) Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has constituted a five-member technical committee to oversee the welfare and care of five baby orangutans rescued from a casuarina forest in Balasore district earlier this week. The critically endangered primates, which are not native to…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (348+ words) One of the baby orangutans at the Nandankanan zoo Sourced by the Telegraph Odisha director-general of police Vinaytosh Mishra on Saturday said the special task force (STF) investigating the smuggling of five baby orangutans into the Odisha coast has not…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (791+ words) Indonesia is coordinating with Indian authorities to repatriate five baby orangutans rescued in Odisha's Balasore as agencies probe an international trafficking network. Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry is coordinating with Indian authorities and CITES to repatriate five rescued baby orangutans suspected…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (362+ words) Balasore: The investigation into the mysterious rescue of five young orangutans from Bichitrapur casuarina forest in Odisha's Balasore district has taken a new turn, with the name of a hotel owner from West Bengal emerging as a key lead. According…...

22+ hour, 58+ min ago   (313+ words) Yadgir: Seven men have been arrested after the Regional Forest Department allegedly caught them hunting peacocks in the Baggalumadu forest area near Motanahalli in Yadgir taluk. The arrests on Saturday, September 12, followed information received by forest officials about a group…...