Two alleged poachers were arrested during joint raids by the Forest department and Bargarh police in villages and forest areas near Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary. Around 70 personnel from the Forest department and the police carried out the operations on November 10 and 11 based on intelligence inputs to prevent illegal wildlife hunting after a recent sighting of a Royal Bengal Tiger. The team seized animal traps, snares, electric hooking wire, cable wire, and animal-trapping nets, with preliminary information indicating the accused planned to hunt leopards and laid traps inside the sanctuary. The arrested individuals are residents of a village bordering Debrigarh in Bargarh district. Anshu Pragyan Das, DFO, Hirakud Wildlife Division, stated, “Joint search operations, raids, seizures and arrests will continue.” During the operations, sanctuary boundaries were scanned using metal detectors and live-wire detectors to locate concealed weapons and electrical traps. Sanctuary authorities announced a cash reward of 1,000 rupees for credible information regarding poaching, assuring informants that their identities will be kept confidential.
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