Wildlife Protection Society of India press release(s)
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Monday, 15th Nov 2010
Leopard Poachers Convicted to Six Years ImprisonmentTwo poachers were convicted today to rigorous imprisonment of six years and a fine of Rs. 10,000 each under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 by Katni CJM for killing of wild animals in 2009. More...
Thursday, 16th Sep 2010
Leopard skins and bear gall bladder seized in UttarakhandThe Anti-Poaching cell of the Uttarakhand Forest Department, assisted by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), seized 2 leopard skins, 1 leopard cat skin and 1 Himalayan black bear gall bladder from Chakrata in Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, last night. More...
Wednesday, 28th Jul 2010
Notorious Tiger Poacher ConvictedIn a major victory for tiger conservation in India, notorious tiger poacher Dariya and his wife Bhagwati were convicted under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 today by Justice A.K. Dwivedi, Judicial Magistrate First Class in Sihora, Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh. More...
Friday, 9th Jul 2010
Two more leopard skins seized in UttarakhandTwo more leopard skins seized on 9th July 2010 makes it a total five leopard skins seized this week in Uttarakhand. The Uttarakhand Forest Department seized two leopard skins this morning with the assistance of the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) at Nandaprayag, Chamoli district. Earlier, on 7th July, three leopard skins were seized at Vikasnagar, Dehradun. More...
Wednesday, 7th Jul 2010
Three leopard skins seized in UttarakhandIn a late night operation, the Anti-poaching cell of the Uttarakhand Forest Department, assisted by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), have seized three leopard (Panthera pardus) skins and leopard bones at Vikasnagar and Kalsi area of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand. More...
Tuesday, 8th Jun 2010
Twenty Wild Animal Skins SeizedThe Forest Department of Uttarakhand, assisted by the Wildlife Protection Society of India, seized 20 wild animal skins today at Singoni village in Uttar Kashi district, Uttarakhand. The seized items include fourteen goral skins (Naemorhedus goral), five barking deer skins (Muntiacus muntjak) and one Eurasian otter skin (Lutra lutra). Bullet marks were found on all the ski... More...
Thursday, 3rd Jun 2010
Tiger skin seized in Kolhapur, Maharashtra and Tiger dead in Anamalai, Tamil NaduA tiger skin was seized in Kolhapur, Maharashtra on 1 June 2010. On the same day, a ten year old male tiger was found dead in Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu. More...
Wednesday, 26th May 2010
Twelve Tiger poachers convictedIn a landmark judgment, Additional District Judge Hon. Satyanarayan Agnihotri convicted 12 tiger poachers under the Wildlife Protection Act in an Allahabad court today. More...
Friday, 14th May 2010
Bear Gall Bladder, Leopard Skin and Jackal meat seizedIn a joint operation of the Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand Forest Department, assisted by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), a gall bladder of an Asiatic black bear, a leopard skin, and the bones and horns of goral were seized this morning (13th May 2010) at Paonta Sahib of Sirmaur district, Hiamchal Pradesh, a town bordering Uttarakhand. More...
Wednesday, 9th Dec 2009
Tiger poacher convicted to 3 years rigorous imprisonmentA court in Khatima, Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand had sentenced notorious tiger poacher Birbal alias Totha Ram, a resident of Panipat to three years rigorous imprisonment and fine of rupess 10,000 in connection with the seizure of 12ft long tiger skin on August 2004. More...
Wednesday, 18th Nov 2009
Notorious tiger poacher Totha Ram arrestedA notorious tiger poacher from Panipat, Birbal alias Totha Ram, was arrested this morning in Banbasa at Champawat district of Uttarakhand in a joint operation of the Uttarakhand Police and Forest Department with information and assistance provided by Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI). More...
Sunday, 20th Sep 2009
State allows destruction of Critical Tiger and Elephant CorridorThe narrow patch of forest across the Gola river near Lalkuan, Dist. Nainital, Uttarakhand - the only critical corridor for movement of tigers and elephants between the Terai Central and Terai East Forest Divisions has recently been completely blocked by infrastructure development. More...
Monday, 7th Sep 2009
Leopard skins, owls & bear claws seizedIn two separate cases today, WPSI assisted the Special Task Force of the Uttarakhand Police Department and the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department in seizing illegal wildlife items. More...
Monday, 27th Jul 2009
3 Leopard skins seized in UttarakhandActing on information provided by WPSI, three leopard skins and a vehicle were seized by the Uttarakhand Forest Department on Sunday, 26 July 2009. The raid took place in a hotel at Birhi, near Chamoli, which comes under the Bhadrinath Forest Division. One person was arrested while three people are absconding. More...
Friday, 24th Jul 2009
Ranthambhore & Sariska tiger poacher arrestedA team comprising of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve staff and a WPSI representative, acting on intelligence provided by WPSI, arrested poachers Prahlad, Ram Singh, and Raju at Dumariya village in Bharatpur District, Rajasthan. More...