TIGER POACHING IN DHAKANA, MELGAT TIGER RESERVE

SHORT NOTE ON TIGER POACHING IN DHAKANA, MELGAT TIGER RESERVE)

POR NO: 10/10 DT 4/3/13)

LEOPARD SKIN SEIZED NEAR RAJAJI PARK

A full grown leopard skin was seized from Haripur Kalan village near Motichur Railway crossing by the Dehradun Forest Division in a joint operation of the anti-poaching cell of Uttarakhand Forest Department and the Wildlife Protection Society of India. Two persons have been arrested in this matter. Further details will follow.

Three leopard skins seized

Three leopard skins were seized by Uttarkashi Kotwali police today. Two of the skins were found to be of leopards poisoned by insecticide Nuvan and the other one was shot dead. The police arrested two persons Atar Singh s/o Shyam Singh Kathaith and Sohan Lal s/o Mangsiru Singh, both resident of Gram Bagedi, Tehsil Chilyani, dt. Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India.

Wildlife poacher arrested and send to 15 days remand in judicial custody

Girish Singh s/o Moti Singh of village Shyamlatal, Champawat was arrested on 12th May 2011 by the Champawat Forest Division of Uttarakhand Forest Department, India, following an exposure of his displaying leopard skins for trade to a sting operation team of Tehelka last year. The sting operation had exposed four places of skin trade and with this arrest, all the four events have been brought to light. A few accused are still missing, namely Dinesh Dugtal and Harish. Gulab Sg Kutiyal, Balku and a few others linked to this racket have already been arrested. The poaching evidences and statements of the accused are showing their links to several places within the country like Uttar Pradesh and even Gujarat and outside the country, especially Nepal. For further details and video of the exposure, visit http://www.flixya.com/blog/2898504/Tiger-and-Wildlife-poaching-expose-by-Tehelka 

MISSION TIGER - A Wildlife conservation Feature Film- created by an IFS officer

Mission Tiger is a 1 hr 20m feature film in Hindi on tiger conservation. The story revolves about a poacher being compelled to hunt a tiger due to his circumstances. Whether another tiger be killed ? See the film...
The film also unwinds various insights into the details of wildlife crime and how it is managed by the forest departments.
For details and link to the trailor,  see link:
http://www.flixya.com/blog/2867129/Mission-Tiger-The-feature-film-on-tiger-conservation

Two poachers arrested at Dehradun with wildlife traps

In a joint operation of the Wild life Protection Society of India and Rajaji National Park, 3 steel traps and a clutch wire trap were seized near Doiwala Kanjar Basti of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Two poachers belonging to the Bawaria community were arrested by the forest department.