Summary:
While the Thane forest department's anti-poaching wing had 23 star tortoises under their care, the Thane SPCA had another 60. This process ensures that if a star tortoise is originally from north Maharashtra or Gujarat, it isn't sent to the south or vice versa." So, they will transported to Bangalore and released in Bannerghatta National Park.Hundreds of endangered star tortoises were seized over the past few years from poacher who would sell them to earn a small fortune.However, their change of habitat and long period of captivity resulted in high mortality. So wildlife activists realise that these creatures must be connected to their original homes and soon they initiated the repatriation initiative. Under this process, the DNA of the tortoise is analysed at the CCMB in Hyderabad, which is then matched with the DNA of start tortoise families across the country..