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A red kangaroo rescued by Cachar Forest Division from Lailapur. | Cachar Forest Division via Mongabay India
On March 16, around ten days before Assam went to the polls, routine checks were on at the checkpoint in Ghiladhari in the Golaghat district of the north-eastern state. When the police stopped a private vehicle, they did not expect what they saw – macaws, silvery marmosets and golden-headed tamarin, all exotic animals, usually found in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.
The case was then handed over to the forest department, who passed it to the customs department as the seized animals were of foreign origin. The animals were later sent to the Assam State Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Guwahati.
by Nabarun Guha on 20 April 2021
There have been multiple instances in the last one year when exotic animals have been seized by different enforcement agencies across northeast India.
Since there is a complete ban on trade in Indian species, smugglers have shifted to illegal trade of exotic species, which has led to disastrous global environmental consequences. The consignments are sourced from Southeast Asia and Europe, from where they are sent to major Indian cities.
The trade in exotic animals carries with it the risk of zoonotic disease outbreak, which is being taken more seriously following the COVID-19 pandemic. It also can lead to an alteration of the faunal pattern as the animals can be invasive species.
Cageful of bulbuls rescued from car on Durgapur Expressway More than 60 red-vented bulbuls were being allegedly smuggled to Allahabad
More than 60 red-vented bulbuls that were being allegedly smuggled to Allahabad were rescued by the forest department on Durgapur Expressway.
The birds were crammed inside a cage that was covered with a piece of cloth and hidden inside the boot of a car, a forest department official said.
The red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) is a member of the bulbul family and is protected under Schedule IV of The Indian Wildlife Act, 1972. It is a resident bird that breeds across the country and is also found in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Tibet.