Bengaluru: The sleuths of the forest mobile squad, headed by a Range Forest Officer (RFO), raided a laboratory on Hosur Main Road and recovered skeletons of wildlife species which were kept for research.
The team, led by RFO Thimmarayappa and including RFO K. Rangaswamy, DRFOs Ramanjaneyalu, M. Raghu and H.V. Manjunath along with a few wildlife wardens, raided the premises of Laboratory Traders near Chariot Hotel on Friday last and recovered skeletons of a sea horse and dry coral which are protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and frogs which come under Schedule 4-A of the Act. The sleuths who enquired with the owner, also found three boxes of beetles, said an officer on the team. The lab owner, however, co-operated with the squad to search the entire laboratory and later recorded his statement.
The laboratory owner, Gill Roysoman (29), a resident of Kaveri Layout on Tavarekere Main Road, confessed to getting dead and alive wildlife species from Royal Biological Products, a supplier of biological materials, slides and species, located at Saidapet in Chennai. The lab owner, however, did not have any relevant documents or licence to store the wildlife species.
The lab owner was booked under Section 55 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The imprisonment may extend up to three years, a fine of `25,000 or both, the officer said.
It is yet to be ascertained for how long the laboratory has been functioning in the area and why the skeletons were stored. The owner pleaded ignorance about the need for a licence to keep wildlife species. The Chennai supplier will also be questioned to ascertain if they possess any licence or related documents to supply wildlife species to laboratories, he said.
Source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/121130/news-current-affairs/article/wildlife-species-skeletons-seized-lab
The team, led by RFO Thimmarayappa and including RFO K. Rangaswamy, DRFOs Ramanjaneyalu, M. Raghu and H.V. Manjunath along with a few wildlife wardens, raided the premises of Laboratory Traders near Chariot Hotel on Friday last and recovered skeletons of a sea horse and dry coral which are protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and frogs which come under Schedule 4-A of the Act. The sleuths who enquired with the owner, also found three boxes of beetles, said an officer on the team. The lab owner, however, co-operated with the squad to search the entire laboratory and later recorded his statement.
The laboratory owner, Gill Roysoman (29), a resident of Kaveri Layout on Tavarekere Main Road, confessed to getting dead and alive wildlife species from Royal Biological Products, a supplier of biological materials, slides and species, located at Saidapet in Chennai. The lab owner, however, did not have any relevant documents or licence to store the wildlife species.
The lab owner was booked under Section 55 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The imprisonment may extend up to three years, a fine of `25,000 or both, the officer said.
It is yet to be ascertained for how long the laboratory has been functioning in the area and why the skeletons were stored. The owner pleaded ignorance about the need for a licence to keep wildlife species. The Chennai supplier will also be questioned to ascertain if they possess any licence or related documents to supply wildlife species to laboratories, he said.
Source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/121130/news-current-affairs/article/wildlife-species-skeletons-seized-lab
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