Bid to poach tigress, cubs foiled
BHOPAL: A timely act by the Bandhabgarh National Park
officers saved a tigress and its two cubs from felling into an electric
trap laid by the poachers in Umaria district. GI-wire hooked up from
the 11,000 Volt high-tension electric lines and pegged up on wooden
poles to about 1 km was found in an area (revenue land) where movement
of the tigress and her cubs was being reported for the last one week,
said sources.
The electric trap was detected in Chadia range of Umaria that is close to the three villages - Achla, Talli and Dhorkho. Though the seizure was made by the park officer's, further investigation into the case was handed over to the territorial area, said sources.
"The wire was found during patrolling on the intervening night of December 11 and 12,"said a forest officer wishing anonymity. The Umaria Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) RPS Baghel, however pleaded ignorance about the seizure.
Recently in yet another shocker for the Madhya Pradesh government, a tiger was killed using an electric trap and skinned by poachers at a territorial forest area in Umaria district.
The electric trap was detected in Chadia range of Umaria that is close to the three villages - Achla, Talli and Dhorkho. Though the seizure was made by the park officer's, further investigation into the case was handed over to the territorial area, said sources.
"The wire was found during patrolling on the intervening night of December 11 and 12,"said a forest officer wishing anonymity. The Umaria Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) RPS Baghel, however pleaded ignorance about the seizure.
Recently in yet another shocker for the Madhya Pradesh government, a tiger was killed using an electric trap and skinned by poachers at a territorial forest area in Umaria district.
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