New Delhi: The government's wildlife crime control agency has seized huge consignments of live animals, ivory, tiger and leopard skins among other products and arrested 71 people in a nationwide crackdown on illegal trade in wildlife, in coordination with Interpol.

The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) under the Environment Ministry coordinated 'Operation Thunder Bird' from January 30 to February 19 this year to make the seizures, which the ministry termed as a "major" success in the fight against wildlife crime.