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Agra: Migratory bird rescued after being trapped in pointed hood at Soor Sarovar bird Sanctuary16 Jan 2019, 03:30PM ISTSource: TNNEastern Brown Pelican, a migratory bird was injured after being trapped in a pointed hood placed by alleged poachers inside a lake of Soor Sarovar bird sanctuary in Agra. It was a case of suspected poaching at the Bird Sanctuary. A thick plastic wire was connected with the pointed hood in which the bird was trapped and another end was tied to a tree. The incident came to light after an officer in charge of Northern Regional Centre of Zoological Survey of India who was in Agra to conduct a data survey at Soor Sarovar, saw the trapped bird. Later, it was rescued by the forest department officials..