Corbett Tiger Reserve authorities have issued shoot-at-sight orders and pressed two drones into service after movement of poachers was reported along the southern fringes of the park. Watch What Else Is Making NewsThe steps follow reports of increased movement of poachers in the park’s most sensitive southern border, Director, Corbett Tiger Reserve, Parag Madhukar Dhakate said. “150 forest officials with shoot-at-sight orders have been deployed and a total of 388 camera traps installed in the area to conduct a five-day operation to remove any suspicious elements from Corbett,” he said. The shoot-at-sight orders have been issued in keeping with a 2003 Government Order which permits such operations to be held in order to save wildlife, he said. Two drones will also be pressed into service as part of the operations to keep an aerial vigil on any suspicious movement in the protected area, Dhakate said.

Source: Indian Express February 22, 2017 10:52 UTC