They were meant to capture rabbits and peacocks
Hundreds of snares meant for catching animals and birds were uncovered at Ettimadai forest area in the district on Saturday by Environment Conversation Group (ECG), an organisation working in wildlife protection.
The forest officials were alerted and Forest Rangers removed the snares.
According to the ECG president R. Mohammed Saleem, the snares were meant to capture both small animals such as porcupine and rabbits and larges ones such as gaur, sambar deer and leopard. Birds such as peacock also tend to get caught in these traps.
He said that similar devices were found in the same area about two months ago. While only small animals were targeted in earlier attempt, this time the poachers were targeting larger animals also.
“The repeated seizure shows that the poachers have been poaching wild animals unhindered for quite some time in this area. A lot of these snares had fur on them indicating that they had been used several times. ”
Mr. Saleem said that animals tend to venture to the outskirts of the forest in search of food and water, which was being exploited by poachers. “The lack of forest staff is a great boon for the poachers. If this trend continues, we would just see bare rocks in our forest devoid of trees and animals,” he added.
Other members in the ECG that undertook the trip include H. Hasan, Lakshmi Narayanan and Mohan. They made periodical trips to various forest areas.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/animal-bird-snares-found-at-ettimadai/article4662275.ece
- Environmentalists alerted forest officials who took steps to remove the snares
- Many snares had fur on them, indicating that they had been used several times
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| Endangering wildlife: Members of Environment Conservation Group found a number of animal and bird snares at Ettimadai in Coimbatore district recently. -Photo: Special Arrangement |
Hundreds of snares meant for catching animals and birds were uncovered at Ettimadai forest area in the district on Saturday by Environment Conversation Group (ECG), an organisation working in wildlife protection.
The forest officials were alerted and Forest Rangers removed the snares.
According to the ECG president R. Mohammed Saleem, the snares were meant to capture both small animals such as porcupine and rabbits and larges ones such as gaur, sambar deer and leopard. Birds such as peacock also tend to get caught in these traps.
He said that similar devices were found in the same area about two months ago. While only small animals were targeted in earlier attempt, this time the poachers were targeting larger animals also.
“The repeated seizure shows that the poachers have been poaching wild animals unhindered for quite some time in this area. A lot of these snares had fur on them indicating that they had been used several times. ”
Mr. Saleem said that animals tend to venture to the outskirts of the forest in search of food and water, which was being exploited by poachers. “The lack of forest staff is a great boon for the poachers. If this trend continues, we would just see bare rocks in our forest devoid of trees and animals,” he added.
Other members in the ECG that undertook the trip include H. Hasan, Lakshmi Narayanan and Mohan. They made periodical trips to various forest areas.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/animal-bird-snares-found-at-ettimadai/article4662275.ece
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