Wildli­fe depart­ment releas­es endang­ered bear and dozens of birds of differ­ent specie­s in forest­RAWALPIDI: The Punjab wildlife department has arrested eight people for illegally selling rare birds and an endangered black bear in two separate raids on Sunday. District officer wildlife department Rizwana Aziz, along with her team, caught a man red-handed while he was selling a black bear despite a ban on its trade in the city’s Kari road area. In a separate raid, the wildlife team recovered dozens of birds of different species in Taxila and arrested seven culprits involved in the trade of rare bird species. Earlier on March 20, a wildlife department officials raided a bird market on College Road in Rawalpindi and recovered animals of different species including eight Monkeys, 11 Chukars (pheasant/partridge) and a black partridge. The team detained two suspects Naveed and Sartaj, who had allegedly travelled to the market to trade in the animals.

Source: The Express Tribune April 14, 2019 17:26 UTC