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| Environmental
group urges PM to set up wildlife enforcement unit |
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| A leading environmental
group has urged Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to
initiate steps for creating a specialized wildlife crime
enforcement unit with assistance from the U.S. to protect
endangered species like the tiger. |
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| The Environmental
Investigation Agency (EIA), a London-based non-governmental
organization campaigning for tiger conservation, has asked
Vajpayee to fulfill his government's commitment to the
United Nations on setting up a wildlife crime enforcement
unit to prevent poaching. |
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India, along with
149 countries, had agreed to establish the enforcement
unit at a meeting of the U.N.'s Convention of International
Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in April this year.
EIA calls upon Prime Minister Vajpayee to personally ensure
that his government creates a professional and highly
motivated enforcement unit to proactively investigate
wildlife crime and seek U.S. assistance. India's illegal
wildlife trade is rampant and the recent massive seizures
of tiger and leopard body parts represent just the tip
of the iceberg. The way seized skins have been processed
and individually marked indicate the involvement of highly
organized crime gangs in this extremely lucrative trade.
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| India's tigers are
in a state of crisis, at least one tiger is being lost
every day to the ravages of habitat loss and poaching.
The tiger simply does not have time to wait for the government
of India to wake up to the urgency of the situation. |
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