Help save Monitor Lizards: WWF-TRAFFIC
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Sat, Feb 6 2021 13:57 IST |
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Help save Monitor Lizards: WWF-TRAFFIC. Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai, Feb 6 : Monitor Lizards, which once helped the Maratha General Tanaji Malusare scale the steep hilltop Sinhagad Fort in Pune in 1670, are now battling for their own survival.
The World Wildlife Fund-India and TRAFFIC have urged people to protect the Varanus species of Monitor Lizards which are targeted for certain traditional medicines.
These large lizards, with different species measuring from 8 inches to others upto 3 metres long, are illegally traded for the males sex organs that resemble a hatha-jodi or the root of the Tiger s Claw (Martynia annua), a plant with diverse traditional uses in Ayurveda.
Campaign to protect the rare Red Sand Boa
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Wed, Jan 27 2021 12:18 IST |
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Mumbai, Jan 27 : The World Wildlife Fund-India and TRAFFIC India Office have launched an online campaign to raise awareness on the illegal trade of the Red Sand Boa (Eryx Johnii), or what is known as the double-headed snake .
The Red Sand Boa is protected under the Schedule IV of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and any sale, purchase or possession of the species is a punishable criminal offence.
TRAFFIC India Office Head Saket Badola said that despite its important ecological role and protection status in the country, the Red Sand Boa is heavily trafficked.