By AFPMore by this AuthorNew DelhiOne of India's most wanted tiger poachers, who also had a fetish for eating the penis of sloth bears, has been arrested after being on the run for six years, officials said. The man arrested, named as Yarlen, belongs to a community that believes the penis of a sloth bear -- listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN Red list -- can cure ills including impotence. According to the Times of India, he admitted to police killing several tigers, many sloth bears, hundreds of wild boar and peacocks. He is also being investigated for the killing of a tigress that went missing in the Pench Reserve in Madhya Pradesh in 2012, the official told AFP. According to government data, Madhya Pradesh tops the list with more than 500 of them.

Source: Daily Nation October 22, 2019 12:45 UTC