Six rangers ambushed and killed in Congo’s Virunga National Park

The attack has been blamed on local militia

Illegal fishing in Gahirmatha: 3 forest guards allege injury in mid-sea assault

Crew members of fishing trawler attack forest guards when asked not to fish in the sanctuary, 9 arrested  

Debate: Should forest guards in India be armed with firearms?

Will giving guns to forest guards make them secure in their job? Or will it lead to tragic consequences for forest dwellers? Down To Earth puts …

Protection assistant shot at by poachers in Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve, injured

Sunaram Singh consequently suffered two bullet injuries to his right leg as he and other guards tried to nab armed poachers

Gahiramatha sanctuary forest guards allege assault by fishermen

Attacked with sharp weapons, patrolling vessel damaged, alleged forest guards  

17 fishers injured in firing by forest guards

They were fishing in reservoir inside the Pench Tiger Reserve, where fishing has been banned by high court