minor sentenced for Hunting

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Minor Sent to Juvenile jail for hunting wild animals

 

Children usually run away at the sight of animals,

especially wild animals. But Ram Dass, aged 12, a resident of Jahara Hazur

village near Purhiran in Hoshiarpur district has become the youngest hunter in

the records of the state Wild Life Department after being caught hunting wild

animals, including Civet,Jungle cat,Hare and a jackal, in a forest near Krangna

village ,on 30th Dec.He was produced in Juvenile Court at Ludhiana 0n3rd and 4th

Jan.

He was sent to the juvenile jail here by the Chief

Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sarbhjit Singh Dhaliwal and an injured jackal recovered

from his possession was today ordered to be shifted to Chhat Bir Zoo,

Chandigarh.

The boy was using traps devised by him and roamed

the forest alone in search of animals. The trap was fixed on the ground and wild

animals were attracted with the bait.when pouncing over bait, the animals’ paws

get trapped,with the teeth of trap, piercing through the paw of animal.

Besides the injured jackal, the Forest officials

have recovered killed animals including a wild cat, a civet and a hare from his

possession. The accused was carrying the dead and injured animals on his cycle.

In his statement to the officials, the boy, belonging to a nomadic tribe, stated

that he used to kill the animals for consuming and selling their meat and some

body parts for mystic practices. Hunting and killing of jackal, civet and jungle

cat was banned under the Schedule-II of the Wild Life protection Act 1972.

The boy was spotted by some residents of Krangna village, who informed the

police which referred the case to the Wild Life Department.A joint team of the

police and the Wild Life Department laid a trap to catch the boy and managed to

arrest him with the help of villagers.

 

The mastermind behind this needs to be exposed as

during winter season wild animals and Migratory Birds come down from hilly areas

and various countries, to District Hoshiarpur, Ropar,Gurdaspur and some times to

Ludhiana.Hunting goes unchecked due to lack of manpower and means in the

wildlife Deptt.