Mumbai: Wild animal meat seized by forest officials, activists livid

Mumbai | Wednesday | 19th June, 2019

Summary:

Wildlife activists claimed that they had been warning the forest department of hunting activities inside Yeoor area. They have also informed them about wild boar, sambhar and deer meat being supplied during parties in Yeoor. According to Forest department staff the main accused, Yogesh Jadhav, from whose house the items were recovered, is absconding. "We found raw meat inside the refrigerator, which we suspect to be of a wild boar," he said adding that they have already sent the meat to the Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad for forensic investigation. Meanwhile, wildlife activists claimed that laxity of the forest department has resulted in rise of poaching..