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Roopak Gangadharan
20-10-2009, 10:45 AM
Traditional medicine and Rituals are making things go from Bad to Worse. Every second day you come across reports like this .....:(


After attempting to trap barn owls, star turtles and sand boas, some are after the slender loris, a nocturnal animal.

Two men were arrested here last week for attempting to sell a pair of slender loris. The animal, which is found mostly in South India and Sri Lanka, has been classified as an endangered one. The loris has also been protected by including it in the Sch edule 1 of the Indian Wildlife Act, according to Wildlife authorities.

The authorities had also raided the clinic of a local Ayurveda practitioner at Pattimattom following information that the animals were being trapped for his use.

Sale of dolphin meat :

While the authorities nabbed those involved in the slender loris case, they could not claim much success regarding the sale of dolphin meat near Vypeen.

Though the authorities received reports that dolphin meat was being sold at a market near Vypeen, they could not seize the meat samples or track the offenders.

Dolphins are also included in Schedule 1 of the Act and even the possession of its meat will land one in trouble. The Wildlife authorities had earlier organised an awareness campaign in the State following reports of the animals being killed and sold for meat.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/17/stories/2009101750960200.htm

Sabyasachi Patra
20-10-2009, 11:24 AM
Roopak,
Thanks for bringing this to our notice. Kerala is known for its Ayurveda. I am surprised that some practitioners are trying to emulate chinese medicine. This should be strictly dealt with.

Sabyasachi

Lakshminarayanan Nataraja
21-10-2009, 03:21 PM
Many people are nowadays lured by Kerala Ayurvedic concepts and if their medicines with wildlife ingredients get popular, wildlife will suffer immensely.

This should be immediately dealt with severely as the entire population or even the species can be wiped off. Loris is already in the brink of extinction due to habitat loss.