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A farmer in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district was fatally attacked with a sharp weapon after stopping poachers from hunting deer. Villagers staged protests, torching a shop linked to a suspect. Police detained three accused, imposed restrictions, and tightened security in the area

Five poachers detained with tiger’s nails, skin; K8 has become the third tiger to be poached in erstwhile Adilabad district in just 17 months

A dozen persons were reportedly detained by forest officials on Saturday, over their suspected role in the electrocution of a tiger at Yellur village in Penchikalpet mandal, on Friday

Sources said that the tigress, named B1, entered the forests of Chittapur and Potyala villages, which witness hunting of wild animals at regular intervals

Around 10 members detained at Kagaznagar railway station, traps used for hunting wild animals seized

The team recovered two 7.65mm pistols, two magazines, and three rounds of ammunition from their houses. The accused have been identified as Julfikar Ali and Tazibur Rahman.

Forest officials of Narayankhed took two poaches were roaming in the forest with a gun near Sanjeevaraopet village in Narayankhed mandal.

Forest officials said all three from Rangapet village in Bellampalli mandal in Mancherial district, were caught from their homes, following a tip-off

A special team of police under the supervision of Kataram DSP Rammohan Reddy arrested six persons who were on their way to sell the hide of a leopard

Hyderabad: Poachers who hunted two deer in forest areas of Kamareddy district, about 100 km from here, were literally hunted and nabbed by the police in a cinematic operation in the early hours of Saturday, according to reports reaching here. Kamareddy district police nabbed eight persons, who were accused of hunting two deers in a […]

Sangli: Sahyadri Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra officials have claimed that one of the four detained poachers had “raped” a monitor lizard in the forest while filming the act too on the mobile phones. Four poachers were arrested for carrying weapons in the Gabha area of Gothane village in the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, informed […]

Mulugu: A tigress that made the forest areas of erstwhile Warangal district as its habitat for more than a year ago, was allegedly killed by the poachers. Police have arrested four poachers in connection with the big cat’s killing. The arrested have been identified as Madakam Naresh (25), Madavi Erumaiah (24), Madakam Mukesh (42) and […]

Telangana Forest Department proposes to install 1,000 more camera traps in addition to the existing 1,980 in Kawal Tiger Reserve .

On a tip off from Bihar officials, the forest vigilance officials and the Rebbena forest officials nabbed the offenders on the national highway at Pulukunta village

According to sources and vernacular news reports, the four-year old tigress was found dead at a culvert by a forester on Monday morning.

Dahegaon Sub-Inspector Raghupathi said the deceased was Pulka Lachanna (45), a resident from Ainam village, and the injured was Sudhakar, also from the same village.

Salman wanted to arrange deer meat for his friends so he contacted Zubair and Baba. After fixing a deal, Baba arranged two live deer for Salman.

The two poachers, Kappari Pedda Rmulu and Kadamanchi Sailoo of Veerapur village in Biknoor mandal had hunted two blackbucks near Pulkal village on Thursday night.

Sniffer dogs will go for patrolling along with anti-poaching units to track down smugglers, poachers

The suspension was based on a report by the Forest Department that constable G Rajgopal was colluding with poachers in Varni mandal