MP forest dept to launch campaign in national parks to strengthen security of wild animals
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh forest department is going to launch a two-month campaign, christened as ‘wild trap’, to strengthen security of wild animals in the tiger reserves and national parks in the wake of the recent death of ten elephants in a reserve in the state.
The campaign would kickstart on December one this year and is scheduled to end on January 31, 2025.
The state forest department has directed the field directors of various tiger reserves and directors of the national parks in the state to make tours to their areas to find out the flaws in the conservation of the wild animals and take corrective measures and submit their reports to the headquarters of the department every 15 days.
Besides, they should take action against poachers and rescue the wild animals trapped in the traps laid by the poachers.
The teams would carry metal detectors and dog squads to detect and remove the traps laid by the poachers.
“Poaching is the key reason for the shrinking of wildlife resources”, a forest officer said.
In the last ten years, a total 885 cases were registered for poaching of tigers, leopards, wild boars, spotted deer, blue bull and peacocks in the state.
While 36 cases were registered in incidents of poaching of tigers, 91 cases were registered in leopard poaching incidents in the state during the period.
