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  • Authorities Search For Clackamas County Deer Poachers – KXL

    File photo of deer in Oregon wilderness. MGN image.

    CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR – The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division is asking for your help in finding the poacher or poachers responsible for illegally killing four deer.  All four were butchered and, for some reason, the meat was dumped and left to rot off South Elwood Road outside the town of Colton in Clackamas County.

    On Tuesday, November 4th, 2025, a caller reported finding a large amount of deer meat and front and rear deer quarters thrown into the bushes along South Elwood Road, just east of South Benzinger Road in Colton.  A trooper with Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife responded and confirmed the report.  The trooper believes the deer had been butchered elsewhere and brought to the area where the body parts were thrown into dense vegetation on Port Blakely Tree Farm property.  It is believed that three of the deer were killed with archery equipment.

    The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying those involved in the unlawful take of four deer. Courtesy OSP Fish and Wildlife Division.

    The remains were likely dumped in the area between Friday, October 31st, 2025, and Sunday, November 2nd, 2025.

    Anyone with any information is asked to call the Turn-In-Poachers (TIP) line at 1-800-452-7888, *OSP (*677) from a mobile phone, or email [email protected]. Please reference case number #SP25-457045

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  • Zorba, India’s first dog deployed to track down poachers, dies in Guwahati

    Zorba, India’s first dog deployed to track down poachers, dies in Guwahati

    Zorba, India’s first dog to be deployed for tracking down poachers in the northeast, passed away last night due to age and health-related issues. The 12-year-old male Belgian Malinois was a member of Aaranyak’s ‘K9’, the country’s first dog squad for wildlife crimes. 

    Aaranyak is a leading wildlife NGO based in Guwahati. Its mission is to foster the conservation of biodiversity in Northeast India. In a statement, Aaranyak said Zorba took his last breath at around 10 pm yesterday (Monday) in Guwahati. 

    “We are deeply saddened to inform you all that Zorba, the first member of our K9 unit, took his last breath at around 10 pm yesterday in Guwahati due to old age and prevailing health conditions,” the organisation said. 

    Zorba, a Belgian Malinois, was the first dog deployed in the country to track down Rhino Poachers. 

    With an eight-year career covering several rhino protection areas in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, and Orang National Park, Zorba was actively engaged in anti-poaching operations.

    In his years-long service, Zorba helped wildlife officials track down more than 60 poachers in the state and was ferociously involved in anti-poaching operations. 

    After being relieved from duty in December 2019, Zorba was in intensive care in Aaranyak’s K9 unit center. “Our prayers will always be with him and his contributions will always be cherished,” Aaranyak said.

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