Global News - July 2008
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Indian state looks to make it easier to report wildlife crime
Thu 24 July 2008 17:00 UK — Asia,Other
The government of one of India's largest states is setting up a series of offices in a bid to curb wildlife crime in the area.
According to the Indo-Asian News Service, the forest minister for Maharashtra state, Babanrao Pachpute, told the local assembly that 33 'forest control rooms' would be established to let people report incidents of cruelty to animals and wildlife poaching.
The minister explained that the decision to establish the control rooms had been taken after a number of cases of wildlife crime had come to light in recent months.
In one case, the tribal development minister D B Atram was accused of being involved with the illegal killing of an endangered chinkara deer.
Mr Pachpute said that the new offices would make it easier for member of the public to report suspected wildlife crimes and could help reduce poaching levels in the state.
Recently, it was reported that authorities from the Uttar Pradesh state were training elephants to help them try to detect and stop poachers in the area's nature reserves.
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