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Students and security nab poachers
In what could be termed as a much-needed heroic act, ‘Wild Lens’, a wildlife safeguarding group apprehended two poachers at the University of Hyderabad campus, in coordination with the security, on Thursday. The group, which works for the enrichment of biodiversity, received information on September 2 about people fixing metal traps near High Rock, at the south campus.
In what could be termed as a much-needed heroic act, ‘Wild Lens’, a wildlife safeguarding group apprehended two poachers at the University of Hyderabad campus, in coordination with the security, on Thursday. The group, which works for the enrichment of biodiversity, received information on September 2 about people fixing metal traps near High Rock, at the south campus.
Group founder, Jillapalli Ravi says, “We surrounded the area early morning around 5.30 and alerted the security officials. Finally, around 6.30, we cracked down on the poachers.”The poachers caught include Kunchem Yellaih s/o Bangaraiah resident of Gopinagar, Nehru Nagar Colony, Serilingampalli and Rupani Venkanna. Both work for GHMC as contract workers near UoH Bus depot.
Nearly twenty metal traps were fixed and remaining bundles were recovered from bushes nearby. The total weight of the traps recovered was around 2-3 kg. Two bikes were seized and handed over to forest officials, Satheesh, Waheed and Mahesh. The large presence of peacocks, spotted deers and rabbits in the campus makes it a hot bed for poachers.
Wildlife enthusiast and faculty in the School of Life Sciences at UoH Prof. Aparna Dutta Gupta expressed concern about the poaching activity in the campus and asked students to be vigilant on such activities and protect the wildlife at UoH.
The team, which caught the poachers, includes Jillapalli Ravi, Shivendra, Roy Karnati, Maruthi, Venu, Kartik Jirra, Kiran Gundala and security officials M Ramulu and Srinivas Reddy. The Security officer TV Rao acted in time and sent their team in support of students.
