Nearly 1.5 lakh Amul Falcons in Tamenglong count
Tamenglong Correspondent11 Nov 2023
The 8th Amur Falcon Festival was held in Tamenglong district, Manipur on Saturday.
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The 8th Amur Falcon Festival was held in Tamenglong district, Manipur on Saturday.
Hunting, catching, killing and selling of Amur Falcon banned in Noney district.
Tamenglong district magistrate L Anshim Dangshawa issued a prohibitory notification, asking all citizens to deposit air-guns.
The government has erected awareness signboards at strategic locations and regular patrolling to prevent hunting and poaching of Amur Falcons during the migratory season during October and November is being taken, Minister Th Biswajit said.
A patrolling team led by the Tamenglong Forest Range Officer detained four amur falcon hunters and seized three airguns, two mobiles and 27 dead amur falcons from their possession on Monday..
The Range Forest Officer, Tamenglong district, Manipur clarifies on "rampant killing" of Amur Falcons in Tamenglong.
The Rainforest Club Tamenglong along with the Tamenglong Forest Division conducted awareness programmes at Eklavya Model Residential School, Tamenglong and Tamenglong College.
The locals have spotted the arrival of a few since Saturday, while the radio tagged “Chiulon” Amur Falcon has reached near Xuzhou city and “Irang” near Linyi city of China as on October 7, according to the Wildlife Institute of India.