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Arif, Saras and Wildlife Protection Act: When an Odia woman befriended a wild boar and a forest officer adopted a tigress as his daughter

Shraddha Pandey - 12 April, 2023

In 2021, a woman named Kuntala Kumari Penthei from the Purushottampur village in the Keonjhar district of Odisha fostered a wild boar whom she named ‘Dhuda’.

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FIR filed against Amethi youth Arif for keeping a Sarus Crane he had rescued, Akhilesh asks if Yogi’s pet dog will be sent to...

OpIndia Staff - 26 March, 2023

FIR filed against Mohammad Arif in UP for keeping a Sarus Crane he had rescued and took care of it after an injury

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Thousands of birds rescued by Delhi Police in a raid on illegal bird market near Jama Masjid

OpIndia Staff - 25 March, 2022

The illegal bird market in Delhi has been around for a long time and is located near the Jama Masjid.

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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma performs ‘Daha Sanskar’ ritual for dead rhinos, 2479 horns burned to send a strong message against poaching

OpIndia Staff - 22 September, 2021

Assam Govt burned 2,500 rhino horns on World Rhino Day to pay respect to the departed souls in Daha Sanskar ceremony, and to send a strong message against poaching.

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Karnataka: Men caught ferrying 25 fruit bat carcasses, were taking to sell for meat

OpIndia Staff - 27 August, 2021

As per the TOI report, environmentalist BV Gundappa said, “Killing fruit bats for meat is rampant in Devarayanadurga forest, Jagannathapura, Sira taluk and Huliyurdurga of Kunigal taluk in Tumakuru.”

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Gujarat police nab arrests three people for smuggling ‘whale vomit’: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2021

The substance is produced by the whale to protect its gut from the sharp beaks of its prey, squid.

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Kerala: Two accused Abdul Kareem and Riyazudheen absconding, says police probing the pregnant elephant death case

OpIndia Staff - 5 June, 2020

Earlier in the day, Kerala police arrested one person identified as P Wilson in connection with the pregnant elephant death case

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Kerala: One person named P Wilson arrested in the pregnant elephant death case

OpIndia Staff - 5 June, 2020

The Forest Department has identified three people suspected to be involved in the elephant death case, however, let off two persons after interrogation.

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One suspect arrested in Kerala pregnant elephant death case, autopsy report reveals she could not eat for two weeks after cracker explosion in mouth

OpIndia Staff - 4 June, 2020

The forest department in Kerala has arrested one suspect in the case of death of a pregnant wild elephant in Kerala

Politics

Priyanka Gandhi in trouble over snake video, animal rights activist seeks her immediate arrest for violating wildlife protection rules

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2019

In her election campaign in Rae Bareilly, Priyanka Gandhi was seen playing with Snakes of protected species under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972.

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