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Tamil Nadu govt grants permission to Irula tribe to catch snakes for venom
Updated On: 30 March, 2022 05:50 PM IST | Chennai | IANS
The community was permitted to catch around 13,000 snakes annually but of late, the state forest department prevented the community from catching snakes and reduced the numbers to 5,000 which affected the business drastically
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Tamil Nadu`s ST Irula community, which shot into the spotlight after `Jai Bhim` (2021) which projected the torture and torment faced by them, can now heave a sigh of relief after the Tamil Nadu Forest Department granted them permission to catch snakes.
The community, who are expert snake charmers and catchers, have the Irula Snake Catcher`s Industrial Cooperative Society and it has also been issued permission to sell Rs 54 lakh worth of snake venom.
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