Express News Service
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Forest Department’s wildlife division uncovered a dolphin poaching ring off the coast of Porbandar on Wednesday in a joint operation with the Indian coast guard and detained 10 fishermen with 22 dead dolphins. The accused are from Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Assam, Kerala, and other states, according to the forest department.
The department was notified on marine animal poaching, and an operation was held off the Porbandar coast. They discovered the deceased dolphins after discovering a suspicious boat 12 nautical miles off the Porbandar coast. An official told the reporters, “We have booked 10 fishermen under the relevant parts of the Wildlife Protection Act for poaching protected marine mammals and sent the dolphin bodies for the criminal autopsy.”
According to Forest Department officials boat belonged to Barla and was registered at Colachel in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari district. The fishermen had set sail from the Kochi port.
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Forest Department’s wildlife division uncovered a dolphin poaching ring off the coast of Porbandar on Wednesday in a joint operation with the Indian coast guard and detained 10 fishermen with 22 dead dolphins. The accused are from Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Assam, Kerala, and other states, according to the forest department.
The department was notified on marine animal poaching, and an operation was held off the Porbandar coast. They discovered the deceased dolphins after discovering a suspicious boat 12 nautical miles off the Porbandar coast. An official told the reporters, “We have booked 10 fishermen under the relevant parts of the Wildlife Protection Act for poaching protected marine mammals and sent the dolphin bodies for the criminal autopsy.”
According to Forest Department officials boat belonged to Barla and was registered at Colachel in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari district. The fishermen had set sail from the Kochi port.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
