The forest department has arrested 4 persons for smuggling 4 wildcats from Kerala to Madurai in a truck.
The district forest department has received confidential information that rare species of wildlife are being smuggled from Kerala to Madurai. In this connection, the forest department conducted a search in the Keerappanangadi area near Madurai. Then, when the cargo came through the sky, it was found that 4 wildcats, a rare eagle and an owl had entered the cage.
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Following this, the forest department arrested them. In connection with this, they arrested Anand, who was smuggling wildlife, and conducted an investigation. At that time, it was revealed that he was transporting them from Thiruvananthapuram to a pet sales center in the Kosakulam area.
Following this, the forest department took the captured animals to the district forest office and is conducting a serious investigation into the person caught.