Centre Rushes Wildlife Crime Control Bureau Team to Odisha as Poachers Kill Forester in Simlipal National Park
1 year, 9 months ago

Centre Rushes Wildlife Crime Control Bureau Team to Odisha as Poachers Kill Forester in Simlipal National Park

News 18  

With poachers killing a forest department official in Odisha’s Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district, the Centre has rushed a team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau to support the state machinery, official sources said. Poachers gunned down a forester identified as Mathi Hansad while he was patrolling along with five other staff near Gamchacharan under the Upper Barhakamuda range of Similipal South. MOEFCC has already taken cognisance of the matter and a team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is being sent to support the state machinery”. “… he was taken to Karanjia Sub-Divisional Hospital where he was declared dead by the attending doctor”, said Prakash Chand Gogineni, Field Director of Similipal Tiger Reserve.

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Forest Department apprehends three poachers
1 month, 1 week ago

Forest Department apprehends three poachers

The Hindu  

Forest Department personnel of Shankaranarayana Range in Udupi district recently arrested three poachers who were allegedly attempting to hunt wildlife in Vandaru village of Brahmavara taluk. The department personnel had found intestine part of a wild animal in September last in the forest area near Vandaru. The department said the accused were habitual poachers and had allegedly hunted wild animals …

Odisha: India's First Armed Unit Deployed for Tiger Reserve Protection
3 months, 1 week ago

Odisha: India's First Armed Unit Deployed for Tiger Reserve Protection

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: In a landmark initiative, a 131-member armed police company will be deployed to secure the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. According to a notification issued by Satyabrata Sahu, additional chief secretary to the Government of Odisha, the unit will be headquartered in Mayurbhanj and will comprise one commandant, one inspector, three sub-inspectors, three assistant sub-inspectors, 30 havildars, …

Take strict action against accused for attacking forest department staff in Palnadu: Pawan Kalyan
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Take strict action against accused for attacking forest department staff in Palnadu: Pawan Kalyan

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, has directed forest department officials to take strict action against the individuals who attacked forest department staff within the Vijayapuri South Range forest jurisdiction. On Tuesday, Pawan spoke with the Palnadu district collector and superintendent of police over the phone, inquiring about the details of the attack and ordering strict action against the accused. …

Assam CM orders probe into killing of suspected poachers by forest guard
9 months ago

Assam CM orders probe into killing of suspected poachers by forest guard

Hindustan Times  

Silchar: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday evening ordered a probe into the killing of two suspected poachers in Nagaon’s Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary by a forest guard. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Sarma on Saturday evening wrote on X, “Last night, individuals from Sutirpar village trespassed into Lawkhua-Burachapari Reserve Forest. According to Jayanta Deka, Divisional Forest Officer, …

Two suspected poachers killed in Assam wildlife sanctuary
9 months ago

Two suspected poachers killed in Assam wildlife sanctuary

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI Forest guards in central Assam’s Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary gunned down two suspected poachers during the early hours of Saturday. Jayanta Deka, divisional forest officer of Assam Forest department’s Nagaon Division, said the incident happened between 1 a.m. and 1.30 a.m. after the forest guards spotted a group of 20 people in Charaihagi forest camp area of the sanctuary. Nagaon …

2 suspected poachers shot dead in Assam’s Laokhowa Sanctuary: Forest officials
9 months ago

2 suspected poachers shot dead in Assam’s Laokhowa Sanctuary: Forest officials

Hindustan Times  

Two suspected poachers were shot dead by forest guards in Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam’s Nagaon district during the wee hours of Saturday, officials said. According to Jayanta Deka, divisional forest officer, Nagaon, the incident happened between 1am and 1.30am when a team of 15 poachers entered the Charaihagi forest camp area in Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary. After the firing, the …

Two poachers arrested, weapons seized in Karnataka
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Two poachers arrested, weapons seized in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Two poachers were arrested in Nagarhole area of Karnataka even as three others managed to escape from the spot, said forest department officials familiar with the development on Friday. According to the wildlife sanctuary forest officials, the incident took place on Wednesday night in the Kachuvinahalli reserve forest area under the jurisdiction of the Huasur wildlife division According to the …

Two poachers arrested for opening fire at Odisha sanctuary staff: Police
1 year ago

Two poachers arrested for opening fire at Odisha sanctuary staff: Police

Hindustan Times  

Two poachers were arrested for allegedly firing at two members of the Kuldiha sanctuary in Odisha’s Balasore district on Monday night, officials said. Officials of the state forest department said while patrolling in the sanctuary last night, the forest staff saw two poachers who then fired from their country made guns which hit two volunteers of Sabuja Vahini accompanying the …

3 suspected poachers held in Assam with firearms, animal body parts: Officials
1 year ago

3 suspected poachers held in Assam with firearms, animal body parts: Officials

Hindustan Times  

Silchar: The Assam Police in a joint operation with the forest department on Saturday arrested three suspected poachers and recovered a large amount of animal body parts and firearms from Chirang district, officials said. “They killed deers and some other wild creatures and were heading towards an illegal market to sell them,” officials of Panbari forest range said. Chirang district …

Forest authorities set up committee to curb wildlife crime
1 year, 5 months ago

Forest authorities set up committee to curb wildlife crime

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: After recent incidents of a baby crocodile found in Dadar swimming pool from an illegal zoo last week and a pet albino python falling off from a Byculla building, the chief conservator of wildlife Thane, Pradeepa A, has constituted a committee for monitoring and coordination of wildlife crime. HT Image A circular issued on October 6 says that a …

Odisha: Forest officer shot dead inside Similipal tiger reserve by poachers
1 year, 9 months ago

Odisha: Forest officer shot dead inside Similipal tiger reserve by poachers

Hindustan Times  

A forest officer patrolling the Similipal Tiger Reserve was allegedly shot dead by poachers late Friday night, officials said. Mati Hansdah, forester in Upper Barahakumuda range was killed by poachers Officials said Mati Hansdah, a tribal forester, along with other forest officials was patrolling near Gamchacharan beat camp in the Upper Barahakumuda range which is part of the core area …

Forest guard shot dead by poachers in Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve
1 year, 10 months ago

Forest guard shot dead by poachers in Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve

The Hindu  

An on-duty forest guard in Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve was killed by poachers on Monday night. The forest guard has been identified as Bimal Kumar Jena, 35, posted in the Baunsakhal beat of the Nawna range of the tiger reserve. Similipal’s Regional Chief Conservator of Forest, Prakash Chand Gogineni, said joint teams of police and forest officers had launched a …

Dedicated foresters fume over poachers' nexus with politicians and officials
7 years, 1 month ago

Dedicated foresters fume over poachers' nexus with politicians and officials

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Dedicated foresters probing wildlife crime in the state are upset with the growing incidence of a nexus between poachers', department insiders and politicians. Members of DMK, AIADMK and Congress are also in the coterie of poachers particularly those smuggling red sanders and venison, highly placed foresters told DC sharing the recent arrest of Anaicutt Babu, a prominent DMK functionary …

Four rhinos killed in KNP, Assam asks for CBI inquiry
12 years, 6 months ago

Four rhinos killed in KNP, Assam asks for CBI inquiry

India TV News  

Guwahati, Sept 27: Four rhinoceros have been brutally killed by poachers in flood-hit Kaziranga National Park since Tuesday, including one today, prompting an alarmed Assam government to ask for a CBI inquiry into it and post army in the fringe areas. I have ordered a probe by a team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau officials,” she told PTI.Assam Chief Minister …

Four poachers killed in Kaziranga
14 years, 10 months ago

Four poachers killed in Kaziranga

The Hindu  

Four poachers were shot dead by frontline guards inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam in the early hours of Friday. A park official told TheHindu that a six-member team of forest guards and jawans of the forest battalion came across the gang of poachers after hearing gunshots at 2 a.m. at Mihimukh under the park's Kohora range. “However, everyone …

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