Thursday, April 25, 2019

Delhi airport gets 5 display boards to warn travellers of illegal wildlife trade, poaching

In an endeavour to spread awareness about poaching and illegal wildlife trade, the customs department and WWF-India have set up five

life-sized, brightly lit standees displaying protected species at the international airport here.

The display boards show pictures of snow leopard (Panthera uncia), greater one-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis), pangolins and Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) along with the message "Don't Buy Trouble (which lists prohibited wildlife species for possession or trade in India), a statement issued by NGO TRAFFIC, working globally on trade in wild animals and plants, said.

The boards have been set up in arrival area at the customs checkpoint at Terminal 3, it said.
25/04/19 PTI/Business Standard
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