Counter Wildlife Trafficking Newsletter
January 2022
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Illegal wildlife trade in January 2022
In Focus
Media-Reported Wildlife Poaching and Illegal Trade in India: 2020
Media-Reported Wildlife Poaching and Illegal Trade in India: 2020 aims at providing a comprehensive overview of illegal wildlife trade in India for the year 2020. It is an assessment of data collected through publicly available online open-source newspaper articles carried out by our Counter Wildlife Trafficking (CWT) team.
The report also hopes to highlight the role of effective enforcement agencies in successfully detecting a huge volume of illegal wildlife trade, as well as the role of media in reporting wildlife crime cases. Persistent and effective efforts like these will help counter illegal wildlife trade in India and facilitate a better understanding.
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News scan (January 1 to 31, 2022)
Big Cats
13 tigers claws, 2 canines recovered from Bandhavgarh; three arrested | Newsable
A joint team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Madhya Pradesh Forest Department and Special Tiger Strike Force have arrested three men for illegal possession of 13 tiger claws and two tiger canines.
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More on big cats
Tiger, leopard found dead in Bandhavgarh | Times of India
Three held with tiger teeth and nails in MP | Devdiscourse
Tiger poaching: Cash reward announced | Times of India
20 Birbhum tribals held for hunting in Murshidabad | Times of India
Leopard skin seized in Odisha's Deogarh, five held | Pragativadi
मंडला में तेंदुए की खाल के साथ दो आरोपित गिरफ्तार | Naidunia
गुलदार की खाल के साथ युवक गिरफ्तार | Jagran
Birds
BSF rescues more than 140 indigenous parakeets on Bangladesh border | The Telegraph
The BSF rescued more than 140 indigenous parakeets, several of which are a few days old and were allegedly being smuggled, at Tarali in North 24-Parganas district.
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दुर्लभ प्रजाति के सफेद गिद्धों के साथ तस्कर गिरफ्तार, UP से महाराष्ट्र ले जा रहा था आरोपी | Punjab Kesari
বর্ধমান স্টেশন থেকে উদ্ধার প্রচুর টিয়াপাখি, ধৃত ১ পাচারকারী | Bardhaman
Elephant
Pair of tusks seized, nine held near Theni | The Hindu
Officials of the Department of Forests seized a pair of elephant tusks and arrested nine persons, at Devathanapatti in Theni district.
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More on elephants
Chhattisgarh: Elephant dies of electrocution in Surajpur district | The Print
Jumbo poacher arrested, CBI tells court | The New Indian Express
Marine
Ambergris worth Rs 5 crore seized in Alibaug; three held | Mid-Day
The police seized ambergris, a banned marine substance commonly called whale vomit or grey amber, in the illicit market and arrested three persons in Raigad district.
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More on marine
21kg of ambergris seized from duo in Tenkasi | Times of India
500kg shark fins and sea cucumber seized | Times of India
Ambergris seized, six from Sangli arrested | Times of India
Man caught with 830g 'whale vomit' | Times of India
Pangolin
Forest department arrests five for trying to sell Pangolin | The Indian Express
In an operation involving a decoy buyer, the state forest department officials from Pune and Raigad districts have arrested five persons and rescued a pangolin they were allegedly trying to sell.
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More on pangolins
STF rescues one pangolin in Bargarh, one wildlife criminal held | Ommcom News
Pangolin scales seized from Sonapur resort, seven held | Guwahati Plus
5.5 kg pangolin scales seized, one held | Times of India
Odisha police seizes one live pangolin, two held | Lokmat Times
दिनेशपुर में 34 किलो के दुर्लभ प्रजाति के पेंगोलिन के साथ तस्कर गिरफ्तार | Jagran
दिनेशपुर में 34 किलो के दुर्लभ प्रजाति के पेंगोलिन के साथ तस्कर गिरफ्तार | Jagran
तस्करी से पहले वन्य प्राणियों के देहांशों के साथ 3 गिरफ्तार | Khabarsamay
दुर्लभ प्रजाति के पेंगोलिन के साथ तस्कर गिरफ्तार | Amar Ujala
Red sandalwood
23 red sandalwood logs seized near ghat road | Times of India
For the first time in recent times, the red sanders anti-smuggling task force seized 23 red sanders logs near the busy Tirumala second ghat road in Tirupati.
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More on sandalwood
Task force arrest one smuggler, 11 logs seized | Times of India
Nellore police nab three red sanders smugglers, 55 woodcutters | The New Indian Express
Tamil Nadu police seize 20 tonnes of smuggled red sanders | India Today
Reptiles
Three caught while smuggling Sand Boa snake in Satara | The Indian Express
The Satara forest department in Maharashtra laid a trap and caught three persons at Shirwal area in the district while they were trying to sell an Indian Sand Boa snake.
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जलपाईगुड़ी से सुनहरी छिपकली की हो रही थी तस्करी, बैकुंठपुर वन विभाग ने पकड़ा, तीन तस्कर गिरफ्तार | Jagran
Sand boa rescued, one held | Devdiscourse
Rhino
Rhino slaughtered by poachers at Kaziranga National Park | News Live
Ending the lull in rhino poaching inside the Kaziranga National Park, poachers slaughtered a full-grown rhinoceros and chopped off horn before making good their escape.
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Tortoise and freshwater turtle
Chennai Air Cargo customs foil smuggling attempt, recover 1364 live star tortoises | India Today
Chennai Air Cargo Customs recovered 1,364 live star tortoises which were being smuggled out of India.
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More on tortoises and fresh water turtles
Dozens of Indian turtles die in suspected poisoning | India Today
One arrested with turtles from Bihar | The Telegraph
गया जंक्शन पर एक्सप्रेस ट्रेन से 61 जिंदा कछुआ बरामद, तस्कर फरार | News Wing
Ungulates
Three Held with Shawls Made of Rare Deer Fur in Kolkata's Barabazar | News18
Three suspects were arrested with winter clothes made of rare deer fur from the Barabazar area of Kolkata. Total 27 shawls made of deer fur were recovered from them. They were arrested in a joint operation by the Wildlife Crime Control Cell and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau.
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Other
Two arrested in Jalpaiguri with leopard, pangolin skins | The Hindustan Times
Leopard-Skin, Tusk & Pangolin Scales Seized In Deogarh | Times of India
Wild animals killed, publicly auctioned | Bangalore Mirror
Inter-state narcotic trade kingpin arrested in Karbi Anglong, drugs, wildlife parts seized | Northeast Now
পরিযায়ী পাখি মেরে হোটেলে মাংস পাচার, গ্রেফতার ৪ চোরা শিকারি | News18 Bengali
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Sea cucumbers by Jessica Luis
Illegal Wildlife Trade in December by CWT team
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