Panaji: Forest Department to Initiate Probe into the Killings of Animals
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Goa govt looks the other way as wildlife is butchered
After the bizzare case of tiger killing and the susequent attempts at a cover up by state wildlife officials Dajiworld.com reports m0re animals namley deer and sambhar were recently found dead inside state;s wildlife sanctuaries. With wildlife protection becoming increasingly symbolic of saving forests the lax attitude of state departments towards their job doesnt augur well. It might be pertinent to note that a tiger was killed in March this year inside the same sanctuary and for a few weeks the state officials undertook a series of bizzare apparently to cover up both the presence of a tiger in the reserve and its killing. Till date no conclusive invetigation has been undetaken in the case and an accused who was arrested it also out on bail. These latest cases of killings again highlight the sloppiness of officialdom in the state. As we have been suggesting in this blog, teh centre should create a nodal investigative body, an equivalent of a CBI which should investigate every wildlife crime in the country.
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