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Rare 'Orange bat', endangered Indian Wolf spotted in Chhattisgarh's Bastar
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
According to the information, the Indian Wolf has been listed as a Schedule I species in the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972 due to its extremely low numbers. Their existence in the jungles of Bastar is a matter of pleasure.
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Four exotic animals found in air passenger's luggage at Chennai airport
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
The exotic animals were seized under the Customs Act, 1962 read with Wildlife Protection Act 1972, they said.
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24 kgs of ivory seized, 2 held in West Bengal
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Jalpaiguri (West-Bengal) [India], July 28 (ANI): Two people were arrested and two pieces of elephant ivory, weighing 24 kgs were seized by Ranger Sanjay Dutta and his troops in West Bengal on Wednesday.
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Two held with sea cucumbers in Rameswaram
Updated : 9 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 3 (ANI): Rameswaram Coastal Security Wing arrested two persons with banned sea cucumbers near Serangodai beach, said officials on Sunday.
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Chennai Air Cargo Customs seizes 1,364 live star tortoises
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 5 (ANI): The Chennai Air Cargo customs here on Wednesday seized 1,364 live star tortoises which were being smuggled to Malaysia from an export consignment.
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Man held with elephant tusk, live bullets in Assam
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Chirang (Assam) [India], February 7 (ANI): Assam Police arrested a man and seized one elephant tusk and 105 live bullets from his residence.
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Only circus recognised under Wildlife Act loses recognition for using elep
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): The Central Zoo Authority (CZA), a statutory body operating under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has cancelled the recognition of the Great Golden Circus in Gujarat, the only circus in the entire country which was recognised unde
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Minor among two held two for chasing Gir lion on bike
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Junagarh (Gujarat) [India], December 12 (ANI): Two persons, including a minor, were nabbed on Friday for allegedly chasing a lion on a bike near Gir forest in Junagarh district, a video of which also went viral.
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Nine held for killing deer in Bhubaneshwar
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 4 (ANI): Nine people were arrested in connection with the killing of deer in Bhubaneswar on Friday which is a violation of the Wildlife Protection Act.
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Monkey beaten, hung up on tree after it enters Telangana house in search o
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Khammam (Telangana) [India], June 29 (ANI): In an outrageous incident, some youths beat up a monkey and strung it up on a tree to death while also releasing dogs to attack it in Ammapalem village in Telangana's Khammam district.
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Two arrested for hunting langur in Pune
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): Pune Forest Department on Friday said two people were arrested for allegedly hunting a langur in the Junnar forest of the city under sections of Wildlife Protection Act.
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Odisha: Pangolin rescued from quarantine centre to be tested for COVID-19
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 27 (ANI): A female pangolin, which was rescued from a COVID-19 quarantine centre in Odisha's Athagarh area by forest department officials, will be tested for coronavirus.
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