Rare wild melanistic tiger poached, skin seized in Odisha’s Similipal
15 Jan 25
At a
time when Odisha’s Forest Department and the National Tiger
Conservation Authority (NTCA) are focused on a tiger introduction
programme in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) - the State’s largest tiger
habitat - to enhance genetic diversity and boost the big cat
population, wildlife poachers have been arrested for allegedly hunting
a rare melanistic tiger, a species found exclusively in the wilds of
Similipal.
“In a major crackdown against hardcore poachers and illegal traders of
wild animal articles, the special enforcement wing of Similipal South
Wildlife Division has arrested four persons
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