96 turtles seized, one arrested in Orissa

[Bibhav Behera]

Found this in TOI

BHUBANESWAR: Wildlife officials have seized 96 live fresh water turtles from a town in Orissa and arrested one person on charges of smuggling



them, police said Saturday.

Acting on a tip off, a police team caught the man with the reptiles at Pipili town, some 20 km away, here Friday evening, inspector in charge of the Pipili police station Amulya Kumar Champatiray said.

"They were live turtles of different shapes and sizes. They were kept in three bags," he said. "We caught the man when he was waiting for a bus."

The arrested man, Durgasankar Mana, is a resident of Midnapore area of West Bengal and wanted to take the turtles to his state, Champatiray said.

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[Sabyasachi Patra]

Good to hear about the arrest. These turtles are actually consumed by people. Where are they releasing these turtles?

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Bibhav Behera]

I don't know. Will try to find out.

[Ashvary Jain]

Thanx for the info..
Good to hear it..

BTW, I have heard that Orissa government had only take Rs 1000 in Budget for the conservation of Turtles... Is it true.??
also said, due to this the money is now collected with the help of NGO and volunteers..

Is it true??