Star Tortoise

An illegal wildlife trafficking operation has been busted by Hyderabad police after a joint operation with Forest Department officials, leading to the rescue of four primates and a reptile, and the arrest of a 55-year-old man

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 834 Indian star tortoises meant for smuggling to Bangladesh, an official statement issued on Friday said.

About 50 Indian star tortoises were flown to Bengaluru on Monday, two years after they were allegedly smuggled from India to Singapore, an animal welfare organisation said on Tuesday.

More than 1,100 endangered Indian star tortoises, meant to be smuggled to Bangladesh, have been seized from three passengers of a train at Visakhapatnam railway station in Andhra Pradesh by DRI officials, the agency said on Sunday.

Ninety-seven endangered Indian Star tortoises, illegally smuggled out of the country, will be brought back to their natural habitat in north Karnataka, according to an organisation working for animal conservation.

A star tortoise was recently fitted with a prosthetic wheel so it could move around in its enclosure at the Araingar Anna Zoological park in Chennai.

Customs Air Intelligence officials seized 295 live star tortoises from a Kuala Lumpur bound passenger at the Tiruchirappalli airport.

A parcel containing 601 Indian star tortoises was repatriated to the city from Malaysia and was handed over to the Wildlife department on Friday.

An illegal wildlife trafficking operation has been busted by Hyderabad police after a joint operation with Forest Department officials, leading to the rescue of four primates and a reptile, and the arrest of a 55-year-old man

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 834 Indian star tortoises meant for smuggling to Bangladesh, an official statement issued on Friday said.

About 50 Indian star tortoises were flown to Bengaluru on Monday, two years after they were allegedly smuggled from India to Singapore, an animal welfare organisation said on Tuesday.

More than 1,100 endangered Indian star tortoises, meant to be smuggled to Bangladesh, have been seized from three passengers of a train at Visakhapatnam railway station in Andhra Pradesh by DRI officials, the agency said on Sunday.

Ninety-seven endangered Indian Star tortoises, illegally smuggled out of the country, will be brought back to their natural habitat in north Karnataka, according to an organisation working for animal conservation.

A star tortoise was recently fitted with a prosthetic wheel so it could move around in its enclosure at the Araingar Anna Zoological park in Chennai.

Customs Air Intelligence officials seized 295 live star tortoises from a Kuala Lumpur bound passenger at the Tiruchirappalli airport.

A parcel containing 601 Indian star tortoises was repatriated to the city from Malaysia and was handed over to the Wildlife department on Friday.