poachers arrested

Bhawanipatna: Three poachers were caught red handed while they were lighting fire inside the Karlapat sanctuary in Kalahandi district. In a post on X, the PCCF (wildlife) and Chief Wildlife Warden (CWLW), Odisha wrote, “Three poachers…

Dhenkanal: Seven poachers were arrested by the personnel of the Odisha Forest Department on Sunday from the Dartota area under the Birashal Forest under the Kamashyanagar Eastern Range in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district. Carcasses of 12 wild…

Balasore: Six poachers were arrested during a joint combing operation late on Wednesday night in the Kuldiha Sanctuary in Balasore district of Odisha. A few days back two poachers were arrested from the sanctuary on charges of firing at…

Baripada: A multi-agency squad of the Wildlife Wing of the Forest Department busted a gang of poachers and smugglers that hunted elephants in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. Ten members of the gang were…

Baripada: A group of five poachers were arrested from Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve during a joint operation by Forest department officials, Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF), Joint Task Force (JTF) and local police on…

Berhampur: Four poachers were arrested by police from the Golanthara area on the outskirts of Berhampur on Friday. Two deer horns, two guns and ammunition were seized from the possession of the arrested men. The arrested persons were…

Baripada: Two poachers were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the alleged murder of forest guard Bimal Kumar Jena posted at Baunsakhala beat house in Mayurbhanj. Bimal was shot dead while he was patrolling in the jungle under his beat…

Bhubaneswar: During the past three years 245 elephants have died in Odisha. This was informed by state Forest & Environment Minister Pradip Kumar Amat in the Odisha Assembly on Tuesday while replying to a question by BJD’s Khandapada…

Deogarh: Member of a gang of poachers was electrocuted to death while setting an electric trap to kill wild animals at a village under Riamal police station in Deogarh district. Nine other poachers were arrested by police in connection to…