Four poachers held

Published October 1, 2024

DADU: Wildlife police arrested four men in Petaro area for poaching rare falcons on Monday and produced them in the court of additional sessions judge-II of Jamshoro, who sent them to jail.

Wildlife police official Asad Ali Marri told local media persons that the four suspects identified as Akram Ali Niaz, Mohammad Ayub, Mohammad Deen and Mohammad Hussain, who belonged to Punjab, were caught setting up nets and making sounds that lured the predator birds along the banks of the Indus River.

He said the action was taken following a complaint filed by game watcher Ahmed Ali Khoso.

Published in Dawn, October 1st, 2024

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