Assam Forest Department seizes one kg Pangolin scales, one held \
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Assam Forest Department seizes one kg Pangolin scales, one held

17-Mar-2022
Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 17 (ANI): Assam Forest Department seized 1 kilogram of Pangolin scale from Guwahati on Thursday.
17-Mar-2022 National
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SC asks petitioner challenging de-notification of Galathea Bay Wildlife Sanctuary to approach HC \
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SC asks petitioner challenging de-notification of Galathea Bay Wildlife Sanctuary to approach HC

04-Mar-2022
New Delhi [India], March 4 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday directed the petitioner challenging de-notification of the Galathea Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, in the Great Nicobar Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands to approach the concerned High Court.
04-Mar-2022 National
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NGT constitutes 8 member committee to look into pollution in Mumbai’s Powai Lake \
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NGT constitutes 8 member committee to look into pollution in Mumbai’s Powai Lake

14-Jan-2022
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted an eight-member joint committee to look into the pollution of Powai Lake in the Eastern suburb of Mumbai and the failure of authorities to take remedial action.
14-Jan-2022 National
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Special Task Force arrests wildlife criminal, recovers leopard skin in Odisha \
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Special Task Force arrests wildlife criminal, recovers leopard skin in Odisha

31-Dec-2021
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 31 (ANI): A Special Task Force (STF) team arrested a wildlife criminal and recovered a leopard skin from his possession near Gambharimunda village in Khordha district in Odisha, a press note issued by STF said on Thursday.
31-Dec-2021 National
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Maha Two held with Ambergris worth Rs 2 crore in Thane \
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Maha Two held with Ambergris worth Rs 2 crore in Thane

17-Nov-2021
Thane Nov 17 PTI Two persons have been arrested for alleged possession of Ambergris or vomit of whale worth Rs 2 crore in Maharashtras Thane city police said on Wednesday Based on a tip-off the police laid a trap near a hotel in Wagle Estate area on November 13 and nabbed the two accused who had allegedly come there to sell the banned substance said Jayant Bajbale assistant commissioner of police Wagle Estate A search was carried out and it was found that the accused Mayur More 31 and Pradeep More 34 were carrying over 2 kg of Ambergris worth Rs 2 crore in a bag the official said Offences under relevant sections of the Wild Life Protection Act has been registered against the accused with the Srinagar police station he said Further probe is underway to ascertain how and from where the accused sourced the banned substance the official added The sale of Ambergris which is used to make perfumes is prohibited by law as the sperm whale is an endangered species that is protected under the Wildlife Protection Act PTI COR ARU ARU
17-Nov-2021 National
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Bengaluru: Police seize 401 Indian star tortoises, one held \
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Bengaluru: Police seize 401 Indian star tortoises, one held

17-Nov-2021
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 17 (ANI): Bengaluru Kalasipalyam Police has seized a total of 401 Indian star tortoises and arrested the man who was trying to sell them illegally, informed Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) West, Bengaluru.
17-Nov-2021 National
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Villagers hire private shooter to kill monkeys in Chhattisgarh village, probe on \
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Villagers hire private shooter to kill monkeys in Chhattisgarh village, probe on

23-Sep-2021
Kabirdham (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 23 (ANI): Villagers in Kothar village in Kabirdham district of Chattisgarh allegedly called a private shooter to kill a herd of monkeys.
23-Sep-2021 National
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