Chennai: Wildlife Crime Control Bureau authorities said work was on to shift the smuggled leopard cub back home to Thailand. Officials said they were working with Thai officials to facilitate the journey.
Deputy director of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (Southern Region) T Uma told TOI that wildlife officials in Thailand had agreed to take the cub back.
The officials had sought some details from their Chennai counterparts and on receipt of the information, Thai authorities will send a wildlife official and a veterinarian to take the cub back home, she said. Uma is also the Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species (CITES) authority for Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The female leopard was a mere 50 days old when it was smuggled to Chennai in February. The cub was seized by Chennai airport customs officials from the bag of a 45-year-old passenger.
07/04/19 Times of India
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Deputy director of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (Southern Region) T Uma told TOI that wildlife officials in Thailand had agreed to take the cub back.
The officials had sought some details from their Chennai counterparts and on receipt of the information, Thai authorities will send a wildlife official and a veterinarian to take the cub back home, she said. Uma is also the Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species (CITES) authority for Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The female leopard was a mere 50 days old when it was smuggled to Chennai in February. The cub was seized by Chennai airport customs officials from the bag of a 45-year-old passenger.
07/04/19 Times of India
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