Staff Reporter
ITANAGAR, 4 Jul: Three bird hatchlings with their eyes yet to open were left orphaned and to pass away without food after their moms and dads were killed by an unidentified hunter in a concealed location in Upper Subansiri district.
Sippi-VI town Gram Chairperson Koje Rebi Dasi, who saw the heart-wrenching occurrence, informed this day-to-day that the regional individuals have actually long been associated with wild bird and animal hunting in the district, which “the local authorities have failed to curb the problem.”
He said that individuals, “especially the youths of rural areas in Chetam and Nilling circles,” freely hunt birds with airguns in the wee hours.
Dasi said that it is a typical sight to see individuals with airguns on the roadsides and the jungles in those locations.
Expressing serious issue over widespread killings of wild birds, particularly throughout the breeding season, he attracted Daporijo DFO Boken Pao to take suitable steps to stop the hunting spree amongst individuals.
The panchayat leader said likewise that he, in addition to 4 other similar individuals will quickly satisfy the DFO to apprise him of the widespread hunting going on in numerous pockets of the district, and to prompt the DFO to do something about it versus the hunters, “including seizure of the weapons used to hunt and arresting them under appropriate sections of the law.”
Another local of Dasi town, Dosh Dasi, notified that birds, deer and swines are the most hunted animals, which the hunted animals are offered in the market clandestinely for large amounts.
Environment & Forest Minister Mama Natung introduced the Airgun Surrender Abhiyan in 2021 to avoid widespread killing of wild birds and animals in the state.
Over 2,000 airguns and a couple of rifles have actually up until now been willingly given up by the individuals, who pledged not to hunt birds and animals.
Arunachal has more than 500 types of birds, consisting of some native types which are not discovered anywhere else on the planet. But the variety of birds in the forests is decreasing due to widespread hunting.
