Rampant poaching of parakeets in Tamil Nadu

An operation conducted by the by the state forest department of Tamil Nadu has revealed that there was an active network of poachers and smugglers of parakeets and feel that there is a need to protect smaller species of birds similar to the stringent measures that have been taken to prevent bigger wildlife like tigers and elephants.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 17 September 2016.

Forest officials have arrested four people in Karur who found to be in possession of rose ringed parakeets and munias during the raid.They have also warned the public to surrender parakeets if they have any in their houses. As per existing laws, holding or rearing or caging or keeping of parakeets as pets is an offense under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
The drive was launched based on information from Coimbatore division officials and the raids were conducted at 22 locations across nine forest divisions.
While carrying out the raid, the officials found that the birds were subjected to torture like clipping of wings, tail feather, beaks and claws and were kept in a very cruel manner in small cages, cramped to such an extent that they were found suffocating. In fact, there were some dead birds in the cages. Moreover, some of the birds were used as bait to trap more and the ones used as bait were found with their primary flight wings clipped completely. As per information obtained from the poaches, the smuggling of the birds in large numbers we because of demands from the neighboring state.


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