On the Trail - Robin des Bois

according to which its agents had received help in
the operation from the Non Governmental Organisation
Wildlife Protection Society of India. « We
have been on this case since March. » WPSI answers
back that the under cover following was not very
reactive, for many tigers were victims of the gang
during the last few months.
Seizure of 2 leopard skins
India
14 August 2013
Twice victorious, one leopard skin was seized in the
Baghpat (State of Uttar Pradesh) and another in
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand).
Seizure of a leopard skin and a bear galls bladder
(Ursidae family)
Selaqui, State of Uttarakhand, India
August 20, 2013
During a control and surveillance operations, 2
people were seen suddenly running away after tossing
a bag. In it there was a leopard skin, a gall bladder,
a bharal skin, also called Himalayan blue sheep
(Pseudois nayaur, unlisted by CITES). The men who
are originally from the State of Uttarakhand were
taking their loot 200km away to Delhi.
lost its ability to find food for itself, and if it were
released, it would quickly become the prey to another
animal.
The second operation also took place at an individual’s
home. For 2 years they had been in possession
of a young puma. For precautionary measures,
the “owner” had pulled out the puma’s claws
and fangs. The mutilated feline can no longer be
released into the forest. A yellow cardinal was also
found. The bird serves as a hunting call. The population
of yellow cardinal is estimated between 1,500
and 3,000 specimens. They are present in Brazil,
Argentina, and Uruguay. They are on their way to
extinction under the combined pressures of deforestation
and domestication.
REPEATED OFFENSE
6 poachers convicted to 3 years prison term each
Kollegal, State of Karnataka, India
August 2013
Seizure of one leopard skin
Punjikainha, District of Ganjam, State of Odisha,
India
August 25, 2013
The man was carrying the 2.4 m long skin in a bag.
He explained that he bought it in Daringibadi and
by selling it in Digapahandi he would have earned
some money. There are 80 km between those 2
towns.
Seizure of 2 pumas (Puma concolor, Appendix II)
and one living yellow cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata,
Appendix II)
Potrerillos, Province of Mendoza, Argentina
August 2013
Sumatran Tiger © Brian Mckay
© Planète Tigre
It will not be possible to free him © SanLuis24
During the first crackdown, the authorities collected
a puma 6 months old captured in the natural
environment. The small family had chosen this
species as a house pet. The parents began to worry
about the proximity of the animal with their young
children and finally asked for it to be taken away.
The puma cannot be release into nature. It has
The convicted, among whom one woman had
been arrested in July 2012 while leaving the Biligiriranga
Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger
Reserve carrying traps. In their tents planted in the
surroundings, forest guards had got their hands on
other traps, knives to skin the bodies, nets and other
equipment used for hunting and tanning. Some of
them were badly known of for damage to wildlife.
They were on temporary release after being caught
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