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New ID tools to help law enforcement agencies identify owls in illegal trading
Updated On: 11 March, 2022 12:58 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
The identification cards are available in English and Hindi and would be distributed free to wildlife law enforcement agencies across India
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India is home to about 36 species of owls, all protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and yet, they are most vulnerable to and often traded illegally.
Not just the hunting, trading, or any other form of utilisation of owls is a punishable offence as per the provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972; all owl species found in India are also enlisted under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which restricts their international trade.
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