Hundreds of caged & smuggled lovebirds, pet animals die of suffocation in train

Nagpur | Tuesday | 23rd April, 2019

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Over 2000 lovebirds, pet animals rescued from parcel bogie of Dnyaneshwari Exp at NagpurNagpur: As the world celebrated Earth Day on April 22, a devastating development stunned animal lovers as hundreds of lovebirds, pet animals died of suffocation when they were being caged and smuggled in a train cruelly. The birds and pet animals were being smuggled to Mumbai from Kolkata in Dyaneshwari Express in inhumane manner. Over hundred lovebirds and pet animals were found dead due to suffocation as they were stuffed inside small cages. The officials of Parcel Department told the police officials that it is perfectly legal to transport birds in Railways. The Minister swung into action and alerted the railway police and Forest Department officials..