Photo: Wildlife Conservation SocietyThe government also took advice from national and international experts and technical assistance from the Wildlife Conservation Society or WCS, while the Pew Charitable Trust’s global shark conservation project helped amend the law. Photo: Wildlife Conservation SocietyAt the same time, strong action is required to stop poaching. Now in Bangladesh, catching or trading conserved species of shark and stingray is a punishable offence under the law. “No one travelled to the sea to hunt sharks and stingrays even 10 years ago. Photo: Wildlife Conservation Society“But poachers have been hunting these creatures over the past couple of years.

Source: bd News24 October 08, 2021 19:41 UTC