A team of Wildlife & Parks conducted a raid in Choolistan Game Reserve and arrested five poachers and recovered three slaughtered Chinkara deer, a partridge and a hare. A departmental fine of Rs400,000 has been recovered from the accused. District Wildlife Officer Rahim YarKhan Mujahid Kaleem said that acting on a tip-off that five persons were engaged in illegal hunting, he conducted a raid. The accused tried to escape but were chased and intercepted near Chak No 225 Daddi Karam Khatoon. DG Wildlife & Parks Khalid Ayaz Khan said that campaign against illegal hunting will be continued and indiscriminate action will be taken against the persons involved.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 15th, 2016.
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