Two arrested after video shows illegal bird hunting in Kanpur

Two arrested after video shows illegal bird hunting in Kanpur

Beat in charge of Sarsaul forest range Krishna Kumar Kushwaha said an FIR had been lodged against four people , two of them minors. The case was lodged by Maharajpur police under Sections 9 and 21 of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. The two arrested people told the police that bird meat, particularly that of Siberian birds, was much in demand, creating a lucrative market. To make a fast buck, people were hunting the birds at several places.

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