The apprehended trader and the seized tusks

Salem (Tamil Nadu): Authorities in Tamil Nadu have busted yet another gang of wildlife offenders involved in illegal ivory trade, marking the third ivory seizure in less than a month in the southern Indian state. Six tusks were seized and one person was arrested in the latest seizure [...]

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Underwater photograph of a whale shark, taken after the fish was rescued by fishermen off the Veraval coast in Gujarat

Veraval (Gujarat): Marine conservationists in the western Indian state of Gujarat have obtained first underwater photographs of a whale shark in India, to be used in scientific study of the species.

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File photo: Wildlife articles seized in Majnu-ka-Tila, Delhi in April 2005.

New Delhi: The Court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Dig Vinay Singh, yesterday convicted a wildlife trader Bishan Singh, arrested in the Indian capital in March 1997. The sentence is scheduled to be announced on April 5.

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Accused traders display leopard skins and gun recovered from their possession in Hosur, Tamil Nadu

Tusks recovered from traders in Hosur

New Delhi: Four leopard skins and two elephant tusks were recovered from traders in three separate undercover operations conducted over three consecutive days last week. Ten persons were arrested following the operations by authorities in Tamil Nadu [...]

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Animal Action Week 2009 painting competition winning entry, by Rohit KR, S.B.O.A. School & Junior College, Chennai

New Delhi: Rohit KR of S.B.O.A. School & Junior College, Chennai and Prachurya Baruah of Maharshi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Guwahati have been declared winners for the nationwide school-level wildlife painting competition organised by the International Fund for [...]

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