poachers

Baripada: The Forest officials arrested six poachers from Kendumundi reserve forest in Thakurmunda range of Mayurbhanj district late on Saturday night. Acting on a tip-off, during night…

Baripada: Forest officials turned buyers to nab ivory smugglers in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. Eight tusks weighing around 45 kg were seized from their possession. The poachers, who…

Bhubaneswar: Poachers allegedly attacked and injured three forest squad members of the Udala wildlife range in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district late on Tuesday. The incident took place while…

Dhenkanal: Poaching of elephants for their valuable tusks has claimed the life of one more jumbo in Dhenkanal district. As per reports, poachers had shot an elephant at Kandhara jungle…

Keonjhar: Incidents of poachers targeting elephants, leopards and other wild animals is rampant in Odisha. And poor management by the Forest Department and negligence of forest personnel are…

Dhenkanal: Officials of Dhenkanal Forest Division on Sunday arrested five poachers from Kapilash range and seized two deer hides, pangolin scales, four country-made guns and 100 traps from…

Khurda: The Tangi Wildlife Division officials in Khurda district arrested two poachers from Bhusandapur area near the Chilika lake on Monday and seized 13 carcasses of migratory birds from…

Dhenkanal: Three persons were arrested and five deer hides and two unlicensed guns seized from their possession during a raid on Padhanatangara village under Kapilasa range limits in…

Rayagada: Police on Thursday detained 18 poachers after they allegedly shot dead a youth, mistaking him for a wild boar, inside a forest near Khaliajodi village of Kashipur block in Rayagada…

Boudh: A male elephant with bullet marks was found in Mundeswara reserve forest in Boudh on Wednesday. A group of women, from Dakapadar village, first spotted the lifeless elephant when…