HT Correspondent
ITANAGAR, March 14: The Arunachal Students’ Association (ASA) on Friday submitted a memorandum to the PCCF (HoFF) environment forest and climate change department of Arunachal Pradesh requesting to take strict action against killing of wild elephant in Pasighat.
“We the Arunachal Students’ Association (ASA) would like to pray you for your immediate intervention and launching of investigation against the killing of a Tusker wild Elephant recently in Pasighat Reserved Forests under Pasighat Forest Division here in East Siang District,” the students’ body stated.
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It further added, “A wild elephant tusker has allegedly been killed by poachers and its tusks are said to be removed while the trunk is also chopped off. As per the video footage of killed tusker which is circulating in some of the closed groups of Whatsapp indicates about a case of brutal wildlife crime because the killing have taken place within the Reserved Forests which is closed to the D Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary,”
“The Elephant comes under Schedule-l species which is protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and any act of hunting, killing, or illegal possession of its body parts is a grave offence punishable under the provisions of the Act. Such incidents within a Reserve Forest area and ESZ of a wildlife sanctuary raises serious concern regarding the safety and protection of wildlife in the region,” said Ninur Rukbo, general secretary of ASA.
He said, “Our ASA being into conservation of forest and wildlife in the past years strongly condemns such act of killings and those responsible behind the killing should also be booked and arrested. And movement of armed public into the RF areas and other illegal activities should all be banned with immediate effect.”
