Environmental & Wildlife Crime

9+ hour, 38+ min ago   (152+ words) The Punjab Wildlife Department on Sunday intensified its province-wide crackdown against illegal hunting,trafficking and unauthorized captivity of protected animals and birds.According to the department,13,730 cases of wildlife crimes have been registered since February 2024 while FIRs have been lod.....

11+ hour, 15+ min ago   (179+ words) Idaho Fish and Game is asking for the public's help identifying who illegally shot and killed a bull elk in Bingham County, then left the animal to waste after removing its antlers. A member of the public discovered the dead…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (179+ words) Hunting Violation? Why It’s a Criminal Offense County 17 With nearly 1 million readers this year! Hunting citations in Wyoming can escalate into criminal offenses, leading to serious legal consequences for sportsmen. Many hunters assume that a violation in the field is…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1075+ words) Published Sep 18, 2026 2:33 PM EDT In late August a Wyoming bowhunter was found not guilty of wasting a game animal after he killed a bull elk in September 2025. Upon discovering that a bear, likely a grizzly, had disturbed his elk, Ron…...

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5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (547+ words) Mineral-rich areas in Pu Sam Cap commune are often located deep within forests, in rugged terrain with difficult access. Taking advantage of these conditions, some individuals secretly bring in machinery and equipment to illegally mine gold. In response to this,…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (326+ words) UTAH — Two nonresident hunters were convicted of hunting violations after flying a private helicopter into a remote area of eastern Utah and harvesting two bull elk on private Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit property where their permits were not valid, according…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (226+ words) Oregon State Police are searching for poachers who recently killed a buck deer with a spear and shot a doe near Monroe. OSP did not say if the killings were related. Officials responded on Sept. 9 to a report of a…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (701+ words) NEW DELHI, Sept 19 — Five baby orangutans abandoned in an Indian forest have exposed a “massive” exotic wildlife trade, with traffickers smuggling increasingly rare species into the country, experts say. They warn of a growing multi-million-dollar trade in endangered animals, including…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (312+ words) Home » Foreign Link, Eight-State Hunt: Odisha Minister Says Orangutan Syndicate Will Take Time to Uproot Five baby orangutans should never have been swinging in a casuarina forest in Odisha’s Baleshwar district. They are not Indian animals. They belong in the…...