HYDERABAD: More than a week after Nag Panchami, city organisations
working for animal welfare are still busy rescuing captured animals as
activists reported an increase in illegal animal trading activity in various areas after the festival and have their hands full tracking down the offenders.
Mahesh Agarwal, member of AP State Animal Welfare Board and secretary of Sahyog organisation for animals said that after Nag Panchami they had caught two individuals in Balamrai who were trying to sell black buck's antlers, tusks of two wild boars, python and rat snake skin, one fox head and one live scorpion. "We have also managed to nab three more people who captured wild animals illegally from Ibrahimpatnam and Karimnagar. A monitor lizard was rescued from two persons at Ibrahimpatnam on July 26 and the dealers were handed over to the forest range officer, Hyderabad south. Their vehicles were also seized," Agarwal said. Further, they also managed to rescue one mongoose, two rat snakes and one Indian cobra from a street performer in Karimnagar. While the performer who is from Warangal was arrested, his accomplice managed to escape and is absconding.
He said that this was the season for monitor lizards and there is great demand for them as udumu kura, a dish made with the reptile's meat, is a famous rural delicacy and is rumoured to increase one's libido after consumption. Talking about upcoming plans, Agarwal said that they were planning to visit Medak and some dhabas on the outskirts of Hyderabad as they have received information about dealers trading monitor lizards there.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Illegal-animal-trading-on-the-rise/articleshow/15338497.cms
Mahesh Agarwal, member of AP State Animal Welfare Board and secretary of Sahyog organisation for animals said that after Nag Panchami they had caught two individuals in Balamrai who were trying to sell black buck's antlers, tusks of two wild boars, python and rat snake skin, one fox head and one live scorpion. "We have also managed to nab three more people who captured wild animals illegally from Ibrahimpatnam and Karimnagar. A monitor lizard was rescued from two persons at Ibrahimpatnam on July 26 and the dealers were handed over to the forest range officer, Hyderabad south. Their vehicles were also seized," Agarwal said. Further, they also managed to rescue one mongoose, two rat snakes and one Indian cobra from a street performer in Karimnagar. While the performer who is from Warangal was arrested, his accomplice managed to escape and is absconding.
He said that this was the season for monitor lizards and there is great demand for them as udumu kura, a dish made with the reptile's meat, is a famous rural delicacy and is rumoured to increase one's libido after consumption. Talking about upcoming plans, Agarwal said that they were planning to visit Medak and some dhabas on the outskirts of Hyderabad as they have received information about dealers trading monitor lizards there.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Illegal-animal-trading-on-the-rise/articleshow/15338497.cms
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