Preserving wildlife: 200 turtles recovered during raid

Sindh wildlife department officials recovered over 200 turtles after raiding Condko city’s main bus stop.


Our Correspondent January 04, 2013

NARO: Sindh wildlife department officials recovered over 200 turtles after raiding Condko city’s main bus stop on Wednesday. Deedar Hussain Bhagat, head of the department’s Sukkur office, and other officials had raided the area, but failed to capture the culprits who had fled, and left the turtles behind. Bhagat told the media that a group of suspects were involved in smuggling turtles and crocodiles to other countries, and that they had the backing of some influential people. The turtles were later released into the Nara Canal.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 4th, 2013.

 

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