Wildlife trafficking cases reported in India
WildTrace has recorded 227 cases in India from public reports between 2024-01-15 and 2026-09-23.
These are cases reported in the newsrooms and government sites searched. A country with active reporters and a government that publishes its seizures will show more cases than one without, whatever the trade is doing.
Most reported species groups in India
- Red sanders 34
- Wildlife (unspecified) 33
- Elephant (ivory) 26
- Sandalwood 26
- Leopard 25
- Pangolin 22
- Turtles & tortoises 21
- Tiger 14
- Monitor lizard 10
- Primates 9
- Rhinoceros 6
- Tokay gecko 6
Recent cases
- Seizure · Rhinoceros · 105 horns · West Bengal 2026-09-23 · single
- Seizure · Elephant (ivory) · Wayanad 2026-09-22 · corroborated
- Arrest · Sandalwood · Bengaluru 2026-09-22 · single
- Seizure · Red sanders · 350 kg · Tiruvannamalai 2026-09-22 · single
- Seizure · Wildlife (unspecified) · 142 kg · Nagaon 2026-09-22 · single
- Seizure · Rhinoceros · Biswanath 2026-09-21 · corroborated
- Arrest · Monitor lizard · Pune 2026-09-21 · single
- Seizure · Tokay gecko · 30 geckos · Golaghat 2026-09-20 · corroborated
- Arrest · Elephant (ivory) · Odisha 2026-09-19 · single
- Seizure · Turtles & tortoises · 18 tortoises · Surat 2026-09-18 · single
- Seizure · Primates · India 2026-09-18 · corroborated
- Seizure · Turtles & tortoises · Ahmedabad 2026-09-17 · single
- Arrest · Turtles & tortoises · Odisha 2026-09-17 · single
- Seizure · Wildlife (unspecified) · India 2026-09-17 · official
- Seizure · Primates · Digha 2026-09-14 · single
- Seizure · Primates · Jharkhand 2026-09-14 · single
- Seizure · Sandalwood · 200 kg · India 2026-09-14 · single
- Seizure · Sandalwood · Bari Sādri 2026-09-14 · corroborated
- Seizure · Pangolin · 352 scales · Malkangiri 2026-09-13 · corroborated
- Arrest · Sandalwood · Kushinagar 2026-09-13 · single
- Seizure · Turtles & tortoises · Rānchī 2026-09-12 · single
- Seizure · Primates · Digha 2026-09-12 · single
- Seizure · Sandalwood · Ghātāl 2026-09-12 · single
- Arrest · Sandalwood · Dehu 2026-09-11 · single
- Seizure · Wildlife (unspecified) · Mizoram 2026-09-10 · single