Rare Species of Animals Seized in Raid in Dhaka
Posted on: Thursday, 15 December 2005, 09:00 CST
Rare species of animals seized in raid in Dhaka
DHAKA, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- A forest department team has recovered 127 different rare species of wild birds and three monkeys from a pet market here in a drive.
The team led by Dhaka Divisional Forest Officer Md Abdul Latif on Tuesday recovered 40 parakeets of two species -- rose-ringed and blossom-headed, 12 partridges, 21 hill mynas, 31 spotted doves, one kite, one purple moorhen and three rhesus monkeys from the Kataban pet market in the capital Dhaka, local daily The Daily Star reported on Wednesday.
According to the daily, however, the bird traders had fled the market with a number of rare birds as they had come to know about the raid beforehand.
The birds and animals recovered in the raid have been kept at the Forest Department office at Mohakhali in Dhaka. The department sources said it will take care of the birds and animals and later release them in the wild.
Wildlife experts said all these birds breed only in the wild and cannot procreate in the cage.
The bird traders at Kataban have been continuing the illegal business of wild birds for a long time although the Wildlife Protection Act-1974 prohibits capturing and hunting of wild birds and animals.
The Forest Department did not conduct any raid on the Kataban market in recent times. However, officials concerned said from now on the department will conduct such raids on regular basis.
Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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