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Baripada: Four poachers identified through their photos taken by IR trap cameras in the Pithabata South Wild Life Range were arrested by a team of Forest department led by ACF and Pithabata South staff from Besarpani village under Baripada…

Sambalpur: Three poachers were arrested on Monday night by forest officials on charges of killing a leopard, cooking and eating its meat in the Rairakhol forest range of Sambalpur district. Acting on an intelligence report, forest…

Bhubaneswar: Two poachers were arrested for hunting a deer at Puusottampur village under Betanoti Range in Mayurbhanj district. They reportedly chased and killed a deer with bows and arrows. Then they escaped with the deer’s meat to sell…

Nuapada: Five persons were arrested by forest officials in the Nuapada district of Odisha for possessing a leopard hide and trying to sell it. Khariar DFO Ajiz Khan told the media that the forest officials nabbed the accused persons…

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…