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TopicIllegal wildlife trade

Topic: Illegal wildlife trade

Bootleggers, smugglers, and forest rangers—the hidden war in Delhi’s wildlife sanctuaries

Instead of protecting the leopards, hyenas, civets, jackals, nilgai, and other animals, Delhi forest officials are crossing swords with bootleggers. Except, they are doing it with batons and sticks.

4 charts show how organised crime threatens world’s ecosystems, wildlife

Pangolins, rhinos, elephants, eels, cedar and rosewoods are just a tiny sample of the 4,000 animal and plant species affected by wildlife trafficking.

Whale ‘waste’, dried seahorses, ivory: Intelligence agency DRI flags rise in illegal wildlife trade

According to a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence report published Monday, emergence of dark web, use of cryptocurrency & anonymity offered by internet behind increasing trade.

Roofed turtles, iguanas, ball pythons as pets is bringing Indians false sense of glamour

By isolating exotic animals in an artificial environment, away from members of their own species, pet keepers are causing an unimaginable amount of mental traumao

Buying pangolin wine, meds online? Study says you’re driving most trafficked mammal to extinction

Exploitation of loopholes in international law has led to an exponential surge in the illegal trade of pangolin-derived products, says study by Geneva-based NGO.

Weeks after ‘smuggling’ attempt foiled, 4 more kangaroos found in Bengal — 3 injured, one dead

Animals found in Baikunthapur Forest Division. Officials launch probe, wondering how they got to Bengal. 2 men arrested in March for trying to smuggle kangaroo into Alipurduar district.

India’s illegal pangolin trade is now on YouTube. And there are hundreds of subscribers

We went through 50 videos with over 18 lakh views, and it all pointed to one thing — India’s pangolins aren’t safe virtually either.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.