Environmental & Wildlife Crime

12+ hour, 33+ min ago   (348+ words) One of the baby orangutans at the Nandankanan zoo Sourced by the Telegraph Odisha director-general of police Vinaytosh Mishra on Saturday said the special task force (STF) investigating the smuggling of five baby orangutans into the Odisha coast has not…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (791+ words) Indonesia is coordinating with Indian authorities to repatriate five baby orangutans rescued in Odisha's Balasore as agencies probe an international trafficking network. Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry is coordinating with Indian authorities and CITES to repatriate five rescued baby orangutans suspected…...

6+ hour, 5+ min ago   (362+ words) Balasore: The investigation into the mysterious rescue of five young orangutans from Bichitrapur casuarina forest in Odisha's Balasore district has taken a new turn, with the name of a hotel owner from West Bengal emerging as a key lead. According…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago   (313+ words) Yadgir: Seven men have been arrested after the Regional Forest Department allegedly caught them hunting peacocks in the Baggalumadu forest area near Motanahalli in Yadgir taluk. The arrests on Saturday, September 12, followed information received by forest officials about a group…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (227+ words) Published - September 13, 2026 06:01 pm IST - Yadgir Acting on precise intelligence, the Yadgir Regional Forest Division conducted a raid on Saturday (September 12, 2026) and arrested seven persons involved in illegal wildlife poaching inside the reserved forest area. The arrested have been identified as…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago   (129+ words) Home > Prelims Pointers > South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network is an intergovernmental law enforcement support body of South Asian countries. Read more about By Vajiram Prelims Team - Sep 13, 2026, 13:59 IST Source: News On Air → UPSC 2027 Notification will be released on 13 January 2027 at…...

4+ hour, 16+ min ago   (14+ words) FACT CHECK: Bangladesh claims stolen Lemurs found at Vantara, but where’s the proof? organiser.org...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago   (546+ words) Bhubaneswar: The discovery of five baby orangutans abandoned in a forest in Baleshwar has put Odisha’s wildlife trafficking network under the scanner, with investigators examining whether the state is increasingly being used as a transit corridor for the illegal movement…...

4+ hour, 24+ min ago   (474+ words) FACT CHECK: No Proof That Bangladesh’s Stolen Lemurs Were Found at Vantara A Bangladeshi media report has claimed that two ring-tailed lemurs stolen from Gazipur Safari Park were traced to Vantara in Gujarat. However, there is no scientific evidence to…...

10+ hour, 12+ min ago   (416+ words) Daijiworld Karkala: Major crackdown on illegal stone mining; three cases booked, heavy machinery seized Daijiworld Media Network - Karkala Karkala, Sep 13: In a massive crackdown on unauthorized quarrying and transportation, the police have registered three separate cases across the Karkala and…...