(IN) 15th LOK SABHA MP WEARING WILDLIFE TROPHIES HORN BILLS BEAK CAP WITH FEATHERS - VIOLATIONS OF WILDLIFE ACT, 1972

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On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Naresh Kadyan <kadyan.ipfa wrote:

 

> *REMINDER - ONE:-

> No doubt fake tiger skin not allowed then why fake beak but feathers was

> original?, Delhi Police and Chief Wild Life Warden is responsible for delay,

> where as undersigned spoken with the CWLW then intimation was given to the

> vice chairman of the Wildlife Trust of India Ashok Kumar, we are very much

> stick on our complaint for recovery / investigation and legal action if

> anyone can found guilty.

>

> *

> Dear friends,

>

>

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage & id=3\

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> Takam Sanjoy seemed like the MP least likely to make any news on day one of

> the 15th Lok Sabha. But he did. In fact, he landed in a controversy — head

> first.

>

> The MP from Arunachal Pradesh West, a constituency China wants, sat through

> Monday's session sporting a traditional headgear of the state’s Nyishi

> tribe, to which he belongs. Many of his fellow MPs admired the piece

> embellished with a hornbill beak and feather.

>

> But BJP parliamentarian and animal activist Maneka Gandhi wasn’t impressed

> and she reminded Sanjoy the hat was illegal. He later clarified the beak was

> artificial but kept mum about the feather.

>

> A day later, with pictures of the MP in his headgear making it to most

> newspapers, animal rights activists and conservationists are aghast at the

> “display of animal body parts” in Parliament.

>

> “I am not aware if the display of rare wildlife body parts has debuted with

> Sanjoy, but we expect the people in power to lead the way in dissuading such

> practices,” Anuradha Sawhney of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

> told *HT* from Pune.

>

> “Tradition cannot be an excuse for such blatant displays; hiding behind

> tradition is the worst form of offence for parliamentarians...” she added.

>

> The declining population of hornbills — less than 500 are estimated to

> remain in the hills of Arunachal — had made the government ban hunting of

> the bird. Wearing headgears embellished with the bird’s beak was also made

> illegal.

>

> But these measures have failed to stop the headgear fetish among the

> Nyishis and other tribes.

>

> The Wildlife Trust of India subsequently introduced artificial fibre glass

> beaks to save the bird from extinction. Sanjoy isn’t the only politician to

> make the green brigade see red. President Pratibha Patil and Rahul Gandhi

> had irked them during recent trips to the Northeast.

>

> In Tawang last month, the President had donned a cap made from the fur of a

> rare flying squirrel. “Organizers claimed it was made from yak hide but we

> are not convinced,” said animal rights activist Azam Siddiqui.

>

> Rahul had sported a headgear with peacock feathers during his election

> campaign in Manipur.

>

>

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------

> Naresh Kadyan <kadyan.ipfa

> Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 1:25 PM

> 15th LOK SABHA MP WEARING WILDLIFE TROPHIES HORN BILLS BEAK CAP

> WITH FEATHERS - VIOLATIONS OF WILDLIFE ACT, 1972

> " ys. dadwal ys. dadwal " <ys.dadwal

> Cc: envisect, cza, Ashok Kumar <ashok,

> shukla322

>

>

> Sir,

> Kindly refer to the media reports and interview of newly elected MP from

> north east wearing their traditional cap made out of the Horn Bill beak and

> feathers, which is a violation of the WP Act, 1972, hence it is requested to

> book this MP and recover the Wild Life Trophies............

>

> --

> Naresh Kadyan,