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CID to probe Karnataka ‘poacher’ killings as autopsy shows close-range firing
August 26, 2026 11:47 am
The autopsy reports revealed that one of the three victims had been shot from close range, contradicting forest officials’ claims that the men were on a rock at a slightly higher altitude.
Close range shots, a 'missing' witness: Karnataka encounter mystery deepens
August 21, 2026 2:03 pm
The hamlet bordering TN to which all the three men belonged contests claims of authorities. Official says a guard “pulled the trigger hard and as he held it down, the weapon discharged all its loaded rounds in rapid succession”.
Karnataka rights panel to visit families of ‘poachers' killed in 'encounter'
August 20, 2026 6:47 pm
The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission took suo motu cognisance of the incident in which forest officials shot three suspected poachers allegedly in self-defence inside the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamarajanagar.
Karnataka CM orders probe after forest department kills 3 ‘poachers carrying deer meat’
August 16, 2026 11:20 am
The three alleged poachers who died in the Cauvery Wildlife Reserve have been identified as Antony Swamy, 50, John Rose Peter, 42 and Kumar alias Sawariyappan, 33, who are residents of local villages situated in the fringe of the wildlife reserve.
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.
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