and what might this have to do with poaching? Let’s dive in. Tusks are continuously growing incisors. Typically, adult elephant teeth comprise 12 premolars, 12 molars, and two tusks. These twin ...
1 buyer and his 2 assistants – red-handed on their way to Pekanbaru with two 1.5 metre-long tusks. In addition, the arresting officers confiscated a gun, which one of the poachers admitted had been ...
Buyers are also driving demand for other illegal wildlife parts sourced from Africa, including lion bones (which are typically sold as a proxy for tiger bones) and elephant tusks. Poachers target ...
Viral Video: In a gripping rescue operation, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust has shared a video capturing the moment a forest official saved a massive male elephant from a potentially fatal wound ...
NILGIRIS: Devarsholai police arrested 14 people for allegedly killing a poacher and passing it off as an elephant attack. The deceased has been identified as M ...
The accused, Blessed Matibenga, is suspected to be a poacher. National Police spokesperson ... been arrested for illegal possession of an elephant tusk,” Nyathi said in a statement.
Daltongnaj: A female elephant was found dead near Dudhee Mati in the Chandwa forest range of Latehar district on Friday.
According to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, India, FY 21 reported the highest number of elephant tusk seizures in the country. Ironically, the Asian elephant is revered as God ...
Officials of the Forest Cell of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) caught a 27-year-old forest watcher while he was trying to sell two elephant tusks to prospective clients on Kollegal ...