2 held for selling fox meat in Ctg
The Bangladesh Forest Department has arrested two people when they were selling fox meat from Amin Colony at Amin Jute Mill area in Chattogram.
The divisional forest officer, management and nature conservation department personnel conducted a drive around 4pm today (October 16, 2022) and arrested the two, reports our Chattogram correspondent quoting Dipannita Bhattacharya, biodiversity conservation officer of the Wildlife Conservation Department.
The detainees were identified as Mohammad Ismail and Md Aziz.
"Acting on a tip-off, two people were arrested for killing foxes and selling their meat. More than 2kg of meat and the skin of a fox were recovered from their possession," Dipannita told The Daily Star.
During primary interrogation, the two confessed to the killing of a fox, she said.
"They were selling fox meat at Tk 1,000 per kg. They hunted the fox from the Hillview residential area," she informed.
According to sections 6 and 41 of the Wildlife (Conservation and Protection) Act-2012, killing wildlife is a punishable offence.
According to the forest department, a case has been filed against them in the forest court under the Wildlife (Conservation and Protection) Act.
Ismail Hossain, sadar range officer of the Wildlife Department, filed the case.
The accused were sent to court, he added.
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