NEW DELHI: One 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. Wildlife officials in the central state of Madhya Pradesh formed a special task force in 2013 after several sloth carcasses were found with their reproductive organs missing. 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: New Strait Times October 22, 2019 12:00 UTC