Toll-free number to protect wildlife

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20-8-07

 

Toll-free number to protect wildlife

 

The Hindu

 

http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/20/stories/2007082052502200.htm

 

New Delhi: In a bid to check poaching and protecting forest wealth, the

Ministry of Environment will soon provide a toll-free number on which

wildlife lovers can call and report such illegal activities.

 

The number will be set up by the Ministry's Wildlife Crime Control Bureau,

which was created at the behest of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is the

head of the National Board for Wildlife.

 

" The toll-free number will play an important role in encouraging people to

report illegal wildlife activities, " a senior wildlife official said here,

adding that one of the major causes for rampant poaching was poor monitoring

and surveillance.

 

The pilot project will be first implemented in Delhi on an experimental

basis and then extended to other metros depending on the response from the

people.

 

The facility will be available round the clock . - PTI