Environmental & Wildlife Crime

3+ hour, 16+ min ago   (560+ words) Bhubaneswar: Special Task Force (STF), which is investigating the alleged trafficking of five baby orangutans rescued from a forested area in Baleshwar district, suspects that more than 16 agents were involved in the racket, indicating that the network extended beyond Dighabased…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (170+ words) A poacher lining up a shot to take down a rhino in Africa was trampled to death by elephants. It happened at Kruger National Park in South Africa when two men were looking for a potential shot. But a white…...

5+ hour, 59+ min ago   (121+ words) Kanak News Odisha ଏହି ଆର୍ଟିକିଲ୍ ଅଂଶୀଦାର କରନ୍ତୁ ଯଦି ଆପଣ ଏହି ଆର୍ଟିକିଲକୁ ପସନ୍ଦ କରନ୍ତି ତେବେ ଏହାକୁ ଆପଣଙ୍କର ସାଙ୍ଗମାନଙ୍କ ସହିତ ଅଂଶ…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (287+ words) The Odisha Special Task Force (STF) is expanding its investigation into the rescue of five baby orangutans from the Bhograi area of Balasore district and will seek assistance from police in Assam, Mizoram and Maharashtra to trace their possible route…...

17+ hour, 44+ min ago   (210+ words) The SAPS continues to intensify operations aimed at disrupting illicit mining activities and related criminality in Mpumalanga. ALSO READ: SAPS operation targets illegal mining rings in Low’s Creek, Sabie and Pilgrim’s Rest Police arrested 38 suspects during a midnight operation in…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (391+ words) A poacher sneaking up on rhinos was ambushed by a herd of elephants and trampled to death. Two men with high-powered rifles and an axe broke into Kruger National Park in South Africa looking for a £10,000 payday. But the white…...

2+ hour, 25+ min ago   (12+ words) Official sitting over de-reservation of petitioner’s land for mining: HC’s notice thehitavada.com...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago   (621+ words) Yesterday’s subject line: “Brazil's Supreme Court judges one of its own” A prosecutor is suing Vale over a January overflow. He is also suing the two agencies that were meant to be watching. A federal prosecutor filed a public civil…...

3+ hour, 22+ min ago   (472+ words) The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to urgently hear a plea by Wildlife SOS co-founder and CEO Kartick Satyanarayan, who faces arrest in a Madhya Pradesh case involving the alleged poaching of leopards. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant agreed…...

3+ hour, 45+ min ago   (921+ words) An armed poacher sneaking up on unsuspecting rhinos was ambushed by a herd of elephants and trampled to death as he lined up a shot to cash in on its prized horn. Two men with a high-powered rifle and an…...