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Knowledge nugget of the day: Pangolins

January 03, 2025 1:45 pm

Hunting and trade of pangolins are banned in India. However, the recent cases of smuggling have sparked concerns about a resurgence in the illicit trade. So why is the conservation of pangolins important, and what is their conservation status?

The resurgence in poaching and smuggling pangolins has prompted renewed vigilance against its illicit trafficking.

Why recent instances of pangolin poaching are worrying forest authorities in Telangana

December 23, 2024 3:05 pm

In Telangana, three of the seven poaching cases involving pangolins registered in the last four years were reported in the previous two months, sparking concerns of a resurgence in the illicit trade.

Pune Crime Files: How a dispute over pangolin smuggling led to gory murder of two traders in Tamhini Ghat

October 29, 2024 9:50 am

Two scrap traders’ charred bodies were found inside a car in a thick forest area of Tamhini Ghat on July 3, 2019, days after they left for Raigad to meet some people for work.

11 held in Gujarat for trying to sell Indian pangolin

December 31, 2022 4:27 pm

The Indian pangolin is included in Schedule-I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act and enjoys the highest level of legal protection in the country. Those who hunt the nocturnal mammal can be imprisoned for up to seven years.

How Mother Nature engineers light and tough armours for her myriad species

March 30, 2022 12:26 pm

What’s common between a rhino’s horn, pangolin’s scale, and porcupine’s quill? These natural weapons are made of the same protein found in human hair

Forest department arrests five for trying to sell Pangolin

January 10, 2022 8:15 am

🔴 Forest Department officials in Pune received information on possible pangolin smuggling by Honorary Wildlife Warden and WCCB Member Rohan Bhate, who had received a tip-off about the same.

A taste for pangolin meat and the fall of an African wildlife cartel

October 19, 2021 10:06 am

Malawi police began investigating Lin’s network in early 2015. In December 2017, they caught his wife and son-in-law buying ivory from a Zambian national and arrested them. Lin, however, continued to evade detection, and the case against his family members went cold.

Pangolin found wandering on Noida roads rescued

August 01, 2021 10:55 am

The mammal was later handed over to the first department officials.

Pune: Forest department officials arrest four for trafficking pangolin

February 14, 2021 11:01 pm

A team from the Forest Department in Pune started working on the tip off received by Pune's Deputy Conservator of Forest Rahul Patil. Based on the input, the team contacted a man and showed interest purchasing the pangolin. The officials, posing as buyers, fixed the deal and decided to meet the suspect at a highway hotel. After verification of possession of pangolin, the forest department team moved to arrest the three suspects, when two of them attempted to escape.