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CBI-DRI Joint Action Busts Wildlife Trafficking Racket; 52 Protected Animals And Birds Rescued, 6 Accused Arrested
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (51+ words) The CBI and DRI, with support from WCCB, rescued 52 protected animals and birds, including slow lorises, binturongs, star tortoises, Egyptian vultures and shikra birds, in a joint operation across Maharashtra and West Bengal. Six people were arrested for allegedly operating…...
CBI-DRI Bust Wildlife Trafficking Racket, Rescue Animals And Birds; Six Held
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (287+ words) Published: July 9, 2026 at 6: 55 PM IST New Delhi: From star tortoises and slow lorises to Egyptian vultures and Shikra birds, 53 protected animals and birds were rescued after the CBI and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) busted an inter-state wildlife trafficking…...
CBI, DRI expose wildlife trafficking racket, arrest 6
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (332+ words) New Delhi, July 9 Six persons were arrested and 53 protected animals/birds rescued in a joint operation of the CBI and DRI, Mumbai, that exposed a wildlife trafficking racket, an official said on Thursday. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and…...
Leopard Skin, 15 Claws Seized in Pune; Two Junnar Men Arrested in Wildlife Smuggling Case
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (405+ words) Reported by Mubarak Ansari Pune, 9th July 2026: In a major crackdown on wildlife trafficking, the Pune Forest Department arrested two men and seized a leopard skin, 15 claws, and two canine teeth during a joint operation conducted near Purple Cafe in Sangamwadi…...
CBI, DRI bust wildlife smuggling racket, rescue 53 animals, birds | Kolkata News
4+ hour, 28+ min ago (246+ words) CBI, DRI bust wildlife smuggling racket, rescue 53 animals, birds The Times of India Kolkata: CBI and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Mumbai, supported by Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, jointly raided multiple locations in Maharashtra and Bengal and busted a…...
Four Indians held on wildlife trafficking charges
10+ hour, 37+ min ago (371+ words) Star tortoises, gibbon and langur seized from house in Bangkok PUBLISHED: 9 Jul 2026 at 14: 15 Four Indian nationals are being held on charges of trying to smuggle protected wildlife out of Thailand after police seized 100 Indian star tortoises, a gibbon and a…...
Sakha Entrepreneurs Face Social Media Backlash Over South Africa Lion Hunt
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (357+ words) The backlash began when Galina Yakovleva posted a video on Instagram showing her husband, Alexei Yakovlev, shooting a resting lion at close range on Sunday. "I went with my husband to see with my own eyes how he hunts. It…...
Hong Kong Customs opens snack cans in 'clothing' shipment, find 24 snakes and 8 lizards
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (354+ words) A shipment labeled as everyday apparel instead turned out to be a wildlife trafficking bust at Hong Kong International Airport. At the airport, The Standard reported customs officers found 24 live snakes and eight live lizards in a package listed as…...
Alleged wildlife trafficker nabbed, 2 hornbills rescued in Gensan
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (563+ words) THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Soccsksargen (DENR-Soccsksargen), in coordination with police authorities, rescued two endangered hornbills and arrested a suspected wildlife trafficker during a joint anti-illegal wildlife trade operation in General Santos City on Monday, July 6, 2026. The buy-bust operation…...
Woman nabbed, birds rescued in Gen San anti-wildlife trafficking op
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (203+ words) A woman was arrested and two endangered hornbills were rescued in an anti-wildlife trafficking operation in General Santos City on Monday, July 6, 2026. According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-SOCCSKSARGEN (DENR-12), personnel of the CENRO General Santos City and…...