The Punjab Wildlife Division carried out an operation in Khanewal, seizing a big consignment of lifeless wild birds being smuggled from Karachi to Okara. Officers recovered a complete of seven,702 birds, together with sparrows, mynas, bulbuls, geese and partridges, and mentioned efforts had been below approach to arrest the suspect.
In line with officers, the operation was performed on the idea of secret info. Underneath the supervision of Deputy Chief Wildlife Ranger Multan Dr. Sajjad Hussain, Assistant Chief Wildlife Ranger Khanewal Munawar Hussain Najmi and his crew arrange a checkpoint and searched a passenger bus arriving from Karachi.
In the course of the search, officers recovered 4,304 sparrows, 3,200 mynas and bulbuls, 196 geese and two partridges. All of the birds had been discovered lifeless and had been booked for transport within the identify of an individual recognized as Rafiq, a resident of Okara. Officers mentioned authorized proceedings had been below approach to arrest the suspect.
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In a separate operation in Attock district, Assistant Chief Wildlife Ranger Shahzaib Khurshid and his crew arrested three suspects for unlawful looking and possession of urial and partridges.
A fantastic of Rs150,000 was imposed on an individual discovered looking and possessing partridges, whereas a case was registered towards one other particular person who uploaded and circulated a video of urial looking on social media. Additional authorized motion has been initiated.
Punjab Wildlife officers mentioned operations towards unlawful looking and wildlife smuggling would proceed.
