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Chennai airport turning into hub for star tortoise smuggling Chennai international airport seems to be turning into south India's hub for the smuggling of star tortoises, and two back-to-back seizures from there of the animals have sent the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) on high alert. Air intelligence at Chennai airport had, in the past …

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19 tigers, 25 leopards electrocuted in 5 years in Maharashtra Though the forest department has managed to bust gangs of organized tiger poachers, there is no let-up in killing of wild animals either by local poachers for bushmeat or by farmers to protect crops.Analysis of data compiled by NGO Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) …

Environment News India: Wild Animals are in Danger in India

Drastic jump in poaching of tigers in Maharashtra The seizure of one more tiger skin and various other body parts from the Gondpipri forest range under Central Chanda Division on Sunday night just shows the drastic jump in poaching of tigers in Maharashtra. The state has recorded 35 tiger deaths, with half (17) of the deaths due to …

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All three tiger reserves of Chhattisgarh now in Maoist territory Achanakmar tiger reserve now comes under a Maoist-dominated area in Chhattisgarh, after a recent classification of affected districts. The other two tiger reserves of Chhattisgarh were already in Maoist districts. The tiger numbers in the state have dropped over the years with 46 tigers counted …