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Lizard hunt sets alarm bells ringing
The Telegraph | Imphal, Aug. 3:
People started capturing the reptile after rumours spread that an international syndicate was ready to buy it at lucrative prices. People from Jiribam, Churachandpur and Senapati districts are reportedly making enquiries through friends here whether anyone in the state capital or elsewhere in the state was willing to buy tokay geckos at a “good price”. But till today, there was no official confirmation that anyone was buying the reptile.
Wildlife officials said the rumour has it that the lizard has a high demand in foreign countries because of its medicinal values and one tokay gecko can fetch lakhs of rupees.
“The development is disturbing. We have registered three cases. In one case, the trader has been fined Rs 25,000 by the court,” state chief wildlife warden Anil Kumar told this correspondent today.
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