2054 cases registered for killing, trafficking of wild animals
The Hindu
WCCB has conducted various species-specific operations
Between 2018 and 2020 about 2054 cases were registered for killing or illegal trafficking of wild animals in India. In the three years about 3836 accused were arrested for the crime. The number of cases registered in the year 2018 was 648 and 1099 persons were arrested, followed by 805 cases and 1506 arrests in 2019 and 601 cases and 1231 arrests in 2020. The data was made available on the basis of cases registered by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and State Forest and Police Authorities in the past three years.
The details were made public by Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change in response to a question in the Lok Sabha by BJP MP G.M. Siddeshwar. The reply on November 29 also points out that Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has been created for control of wildlife crime at the Central Government level which work in close coordination with State forest department and other law enforcement agencies.
In response to another question on December 6 by DMK MP K. Shanmuga Sundaram, the Ministry informed that WCCB has conducted a number of species-specific enforcement operations with coordination of State Enforcement Agencies