Dhaka, June 19 -- The illegal hunting of deer in the Eastern Sundarbans continues unabated, as forest officials recover hundreds of traps in repeated operations - yet fail to apprehend the poachers behind them.
In the latest raid on Monday (June 16), forest officials recovered more than 600 deer snares and 16 banned crab-fishing rods from the Kokilmoni patrol outpost and Teearchar area of the Eastern Sundarbans. However, no arrests were made.
Md. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of the Eastern Sundarbans, confirmed the seizure and said the raid was part of a secret operation by foot patrol teams."The poachers fled the area after receiving advance information about our patrols. Many of the traps had been buried under...