Berhampur (Odisha): Wildlife personnel
have arrested two poachers in Odisha's Chilika area and seized
four bird carcasses from them, a senior forest officer said.
The accused duo, arrested yesterday, had poisoned three purple
moorhens and one jacana, said Divisional Forest Officer,
Chilka wildlife division, Bikash Ranjan Das.
The two poachers, aged around 17 years, are residents
of Tentuliapada area of the district, Das said.
Despite the initiatives taken by the wildlife
officials to check poaching around Chilka, hunting of
migratory birds continues unabated in the lagoon, said a
source in the forest department.
In the past one month, at least four bird poachers
have been arrested from the lake's vicinity, he said.
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