Forest officials in Tiruvallur seized eight jackal tails and arrested three members of a tribal community on charges of selling the trophies, categorised under Schedule II of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1982, on Friday at Tiruttani bus stand.
Forest department sources said field operatives of TRAFFIC–the wildlife crime control wing of the World Wide Fund for Nature–India (WWF-I) tipped off forest officials about the sale of wildlife trophies in the busy Tiruttani bus stand.
Following this, a team of officials led by range officer Madhan Kumar conducted raids and seized the trophies.
Sources at TRAFFIC said the accused were trying to take advantage of the increased crowds at the bus stand owing to the festival at the Murugan temple in Tiruttani.
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Some people believe hanging a jackal tail near the entrance of the house brings good luck. Each tail was priced at Rs. 300.
The Indian jackal thrives in forests on the Tamil Nadu–Andhra Pradesh border. Country-made guns are used to hunt these animals. The skulls of a few jackals were found in the possession of the tribal community members.
Woman attacked by boarA 55-year-old woman, A. Pattammal, lost a finger and suffered other injuries after she was attacked by a wild boar in Adhivarahapuram near Tiruttani, in Tiruvallur district, on Friday.
The victim, after preliminary treatment at Tiruttani government hospital, was shifted to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai.
The boar also attacked another person in the village. Irate villagers chased the animal away and attacked it with sticks. The animal later died and the authorities conducted a post-mortem.
