Poachers use pretext of fishing to trap migratory birds in Karli-Gosabara reservoir in Porbandar

Authorities in Porbandar have arrested three people for illegally fishing at the Karli-Gosabara reservoir in Porbandar and seized two boats and a dozen nets. These are actually poachers and, use the pretext of fishing to trap migratory birds. Large flocks of birds like demoiselle cranes, flamingoes, common cranes, bar-headed geese and grey-legged geese flock at the area.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 17 December 2015.

Fishing nets kill migratory birds at the Gosabara reservoir and the absence of legal status as a sanctuary made the Gosabara vulnerable to those who poach these migratory birds. As indicated by the reservoir's forest officials, the site is home to two lakh birds of 117 species and would be awarded sanctuary status for an area of over 116 sq km.
Prohibitory orders banning fishing in Gosabara have already been issued. But, in spite of the ban issued by the Gujarat high court, poaching is rampant in the area and fishing is carried out using mechanized boats. The fishermen put fishing nets in the lake and the birds get trapped in them after which they are killed.
The poachers usually target demoiselle cranes and flamingos.

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It was the death of another rhino in the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. The rhino was a male and its horn had been sawed off. Its carcass was lying in the Khoklong Khola area of the Sukna range of Mahananda. As per Forest officials, the discovery was made by forest guards in the course of their jungle patrolling. It had died a couple of days back and its horn was missing.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 9 November 2015.

The foresters have confirmed about an injury mark on the body, probably caused by a bullet. While the forest officials did not mention poaching but the missing horn is an indication that it had been killed by poachers for its horn.
However, that can be confirmed only after postmortem.
So far, 11 rhinos have been killed by poachers in the forests of north Bengal since April 2014.
It seems the rhino had strayed out of the Gorumara jungle about six years ago and had been wandering in adjacent forests near Siliguri. The founder of Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation has informed that the forest officials had been requested to maintain a watch on the stray rhino and had even proposed to the forest department to tranquillise the animal and shift it to Gorumara.

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This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 8 November 2015.

As the promoter and managing director of the premium menswear and accessories company has indicated, it was quite fortunate that members of the birding community and nature lovers had sighted the turtles instead of poachers and has also added that Turtle Ltd was ready to help the local community manage the turtles as a part of its corporate social responsibility.
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