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   POLICING WILDLIFE   
      
   WCCB is woefully understaffed. For a country rich in flora   
   and fauna, this is unacceptable   
      
   Editorial, The Pioneer, dailypioneer.com   
   Friday, May 4, 2018   
      
   Every month or so, news comes from Assam's beautiful   
   Kaziranga National Park that another rhinoceros has been   
   killed or its horn is stolen. On the ground, park   
   authorities in Kaziranga, and indeed in other national   
   parks across the country which have been targeted by   
   poachers for animal pelts and other organs as well as the   
   bird trade, have had some impact. Forest rangers have been   
   given some modern equipment and weapons to be able to cope   
   with the flood of poachers. Of course, India's porous land   
   borders often mean that poachers can come, kill and be out   
   of the country in a few hours.   
      
   However, the main weapon against poachers and saving   
   animals is to target the large criminal syndicates which   
   often have political patronage, and to bring them down.   
   These syndicates often get their orders from Chinese Triads   
   which supply animal products, such as rhino horns, tiger   
   bones and shark fins to the Chinese market. As China's   
   economy has grown, so has the demand for such products.   
   India has the right organisation for this, the Wildlife   
   Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), but as this paper noted on May   
   3, this organisation is woefully understaffed, being at   
   only two-thirds of its sanctioned strength. It even lacks a   
   public prosecutor. This means that the WCCB is unable to   
   act on and process vital information that can help in   
   controlling wildlife crimes in India.   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnists/edit/policing-wildlife.html   
      
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