The continued trafficking of skins of the endangered species of animals has become a serious issue of concern for the environmental security. The disappearing of pug marks of tigers from Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary and killing of eight spotted dear at a National Park near Bhopal have already created problems for the concerned authorities. Recently, many wild dogs found dead in Kanha Tiger Reserve at Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh.
Most of the seizures indicate towards the involvement of notorious poacher and smuggler Sansar Chand. Whenever a long wildlife catch is made, his name comes on top.
The recent haul by the north district police seizure was worth lakhs of rupees. The haul was in the form of trophies. But the serious matter is that it points toward a transnational manifestations.
The people who were arrested in the operation were involved in such trafficking for many years. So it is believed that apart from the seizure by the police, they had already siphoned off worth many crores of such items.
A middle man like Shwang has already gone to Nepal after making all the arrangements of transportation of such trophies. But the arrested persons with Nepali origin and their revelation to the police that the trophies were meant to be transported to Nepal. From there it might move elsewhere.
It was also believed that the arrested persons were also involved in the poaching across Rajasthan. The absence of tigers in Sariska also raise a finger towards them. With coming up name of Sansar Chand the matter went more murky.
As for him, poaching of rare species like the trophies of otter found in this case shows that if this trend go unabated, the day is not far-off when the endangered species will be extinct.
Majnu Ka Tila, Timarpur has emerged as a new transit point of storage and transportation of such articles. But for the couriers like Anand, Lobsong Phuntsok and Jeet Bahadur who might be knowing it all unwittingly. They were a mere tool of managing the things before being transported on a large scale across the Indian border on a measly sum of Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000.
