Top Panel





Home :: News :: 23112014
Wildlife meat trading racket busted


Times of India, TNN | Nov 22, 2014

CHANDRAPUR: Forest officials of Chimur range busted a major wildlife meat trading racket and nabbed four poachers and seized six kg blue bull meat and two manually loading guns and other equipment used for poaching in the wee hours of Friday in Doma forest beat on the outskirts of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). Authorities have launched a manhunt for three absconding accomplice of poachers and several other villagers who procured blue bull meat from them.

"Poaching took place during the wee hours of Friday in forest under Doma beat in Chimur range. Accused poachers Diwakar Waghmare and Kisan Shrirame, aided by three others, gunned down the blue bull with the help of manually loading gun. They later skinned and chopped the animal and distributed meat among themselves while hiding the guns in a farm," said ACF Shankar Pandhre.

After the meat was sold to several people in Khapri and Doma villages, Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) got air of poaching and its office-bearers passed the information to forest department. "Following the tip-off from WPSI, we raided village Khapri and nabbed Waghmare and Shrirame. Two kilogram of raw meat and four kg of cooked meat of poached blue bull along with head, legs and remains were seized from the possession of the accused," he said.


read more

 

 

  Untitled Document
 Search:







TIGER NEWS



Two tigers die of poisoning in Gudalur, 21st Aug., 2024


Thai tigers bounce back from the edge of extinction after capture of high-profile poachers, 5th Aug., 2024


Previous



WILDLIFE NEWS


Villagers block highway over chinkara poaching in Suratgarh, 21st Aug., 2024

Wildlife warrior Godilla Vishwanatha Reddy: A sincere, humble conservationist, 21st July, 2024

Previous


PROJECTS


Tiger Poaching & Illegal Wildlife Trade Investigations




TIGER MORTALITY

TIGER DEATHS IN 2024
 Mortality                     94
 Poaching &             
 Seizures                      19
___________________
       Total                     113



TIGER DEATHS IN 2023
 Mortality                 149
 Poaching &               56
 Seizures                   
___________________
       Total                   205


TIGER POACHING 1994-2023


LEOPARD MORTALITY

LEOPARD DEATHS IN 2024
 Mortality                312
 Poaching &            105
 Seizures             
___________________
       Total                  417


LEOPARD DEATHS IN 2023
 Mortality                 410
 Poaching &             155
 Seizures             
___________________
       Total                   565
     

LEOPARD POACHING 1994-2023



TIGER RESERVES
Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve Map 

Bandhavgarh



Jobs

Assitant Accountant


 
Untitled Document
  About us | ProjectsNewsThe TigerDonations | How To Help Links| Publications | Crime MapsFAQsContact Us

Wildlife Protection Society of India. All material is protected by law.