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Hunters rule the roost in Manipur
The Hindu | Iboyaima Laithangbam :
Much to the chagrin of wild animal lovers, many species of exotic birds, mostly from South East Asian countries, have been hunted to extinction in Manipur.
Till a few years back, carcasses of deer, wild goat and various birds were openly sold in most of the five hill districts and neighbouring Nagaland.
Venison was now being sold at Rs.150 a kg in the main markets and even near police stations and Forest Department offices in these districts.
When confronted by journalists, red-faced officials said hunting was a tribal tradition and there was no security for the skeleton staff posted there.
An accomplished hunter, P. Pamarei (53) of Phungcham village of Ukhrul district bordering Myanmar, is reported to have shot dead a big vulture on Wednesday last and presented it to Khashim Vashum, an independent candidate of the Chingai constituency in the January 28 elections.
A report in a vernacular newspaper said that the bird weighed 13 kg, stood over 4 ft and measured more than 2.5 metres from the tip of one wing to the other.
The hunter said that he lured birds with beef. He had to wait under a tree for 12 hours before killing the bird. The rest had flown towards Myanmar.
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