Dried Sea Horse Meant For Sri Lanka Seized

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 31 No. 6, June 2011

 

Official sources saidm acting on a tip-off, the Forest Officials rounded up Siva, Kumaraguru and Navajeeva Doss and made the seizure.

 

In all, 2,509 numbers of dried Sea Horse were seized from them.

 

Poaching and possession of Sea Horse is banned in India since it is classified as a Schedule I animal under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972. Read the full report here.

 

Source: The Island.

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