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Poaching threat to migratory birds in Chilika Post News Network
Khurda: Rampant poaching of migratory birds at villages near Chilika lake has emerged as a big challenge for the Forest department.
Hundreds of migratory birds are being killed by the poachers for meat purpose everyday right under the nose of Forest department officials, sources said.
Forest department officials recently arrested a poacher from Tangi range and seized four dead birds from him. The poacher was identified as Jagan Pradhan, 24, of Ujjala Gopinathpur. He was reportedly catching birds by laying traps at Balipatpur, sources said.
During winter, lakhs of birds from far-flung places like Siberia, Caspian Sea, Lake Baikal, Central and Southeast Asia, Ladakh and Himalayas usually flock to the brackish water lake for its congenial environment.