poachers

Bengaluru forest officials bust poaching gang; seize 74 kg of meat, nab 1

June 29, 2025 10:32 pm

During the operation, forest department officials seized carcasses of nine deer and one wild boar.

Poachers kill 2 common cranes, a blue bull in Kutch at the beginning of bird migration season

October 31, 2023 5:16 pm

The four poachers in the gypsy abandoned their vehicle and started running away, the police said. The raiding party managed to get hold of one of the poachers, identified as Saleman Maman, along with a country-made shotgun while the remaining three managed to flee.

Asiatic lion attacks ‘poachers’ to save cub, 4 persons detained

February 04, 2021 9:48 am

The suspected poachers had put up a trap on a patch of government wasteland at Khambha village near Prachi in Sutrapada taluka of Gir Somnath district.

From poachers to protectors: Maharashtra turns ownership of wildlife back to people

November 23, 2015 4:55 am

With this announcement, Maharashtra becomes country’s first state to adopt the ‘conservancy’ concept for wildlife tourism that has had a profound impact on economy and tourism in Masaimara and Serengeti in Africa.

Poachers gun down adult rhino, take away horn in Assam

November 15, 2014 3:48 pm

A massive dragnet has been spread with the help of police to trap the poachers, a forest official said.

In pictures: Poachers caught on trap camera in Dodamarg range

June 13, 2014 8:52 pm

Camera traps laid to track wildlife had secretly photo-captured a gang of poachers armed with guns.

2 tigers killed near Corbett,10 'poachers' arrested

December 19, 2013 5:17 am

A team of wildlife forensic experts from Gujarat has been called to help in the investigation.

6 poachers arrested in Kaziranga

September 27, 2013 2:58 am

Forest protection squads and police have so far apprehended 67 poachers and associates in and around Kaziranga this year.

Royal Bengal tiger poisoned in Kaziranga

September 18, 2013 1:44 am

This is the first case of a tiger being poisoned inside Kaziranga in recent memory.

Rhino killed as census begins

March 24, 2013 1:42 am