Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 8 (ANI): In what was claimed to be one of the biggest seizures of rare and exotic wildlife species, 665 animals were recovered by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai Zonal Unit on Thursday, in an import consignment from Air Cargo Complex in Mumbai.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 17 (ANI): Assam Forest Department seized 1 kilogram of Pangolin scale from Guwahati on Thursday.

Bandhavgarh (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 10 (ANI): A joint team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and Madhya Pradesh Forest Department seized 13 tiger claws and two tiger canines from the Panpatha area of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve on January 8, officials said.

Guwahati Nov 18 PTI Animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA on Thursday said unhygienic killing and selling of meats including exotic meats in Northeast is risking disease transmission amidst the COVID-19 pandemic Among other meats barking deer wild boars frogs mice and dogs are being sold some of them live in various markets PETA said Releasing a new video evidence on the occasion of the World Vegan Month November the PETA said the video reveals filthy conditions risking disease transmission and rampant violations of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 and the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 Filthy illegal meat markets torture animals and act as petri dishes PETA India is calling on officials to do a sweep and shut them down for everyones sake PETA India Advocacy Associate Pradeep Ranjan Doley Barman said in a statement PETA claimed that at Nute Bazaar in Manipur flesh of barking deer wild boars and frogs were illegally sold and buyers and sellers touched the charred animal parts with their bare hands In Senapati Bazaar an illegally hunted deers severed head was passed around In markets in Nagaland live eels mice frogs and birds were openly sold and workers handled dead animals without wearing gloves it added Live dogs were also illegally sold for their meat with puppies being caged and older dogs mouths being tied the release claimed At Itanagar market in Arunachal Pradesh meat of Mithun -- the state animal -- was openly sold In all markets blood sinew and innards were everywhere it added PETA India said it has sent letters to the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change regarding these markets urging them to take action against them COVID-19 is largely believed by experts to have stemmed or spread from a live-animal meat market and SARS swine flu and bird flu have also been linked to the practice of confining and killing animals for food it added PTI TR JRC JRC

Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], August 29 (ANI): A man was arrested in Gujarat's Vadodara on Saturday for selling sea fans, an invertebrate sea animal that forms a critical part of the coral reef system.