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Out of 33 forest divisions in Assam, 23 forest divisions do not have approved working plans.

While in 2017 only nine corruption cases were registered in Assam after traps, this year till August 20, 23 such corruption cases have been registered, government data further reflected.

A red kangaroo rescued by Cachar Forest Division from Lailapur. | Cachar Forest Division via Mongabay India On March 16, around ten days before Assam went to the polls, routine checks were on at the checkpoint in Ghiladhari in the Golaghat district of the north-eastern state. When the police stopped a private vehicle, they did not expect what they saw – macaws, silvery marmosets and golden-headed tamarin, all exotic animals, usually found in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. The case was then handed over to the forest department, who passed it to the customs department as ...

by Nabarun Guha on 20 April 2021 There have been multiple instances in the last one year when exotic animals have been seized by different enforcement agencies across northeast India. Since there is a complete ban on trade in Indian species, smugglers have shifted to illegal trade of exotic species, which has led to disastrous global environmental consequences. The consignments are sourced from Southeast Asia and Europe, from where they are sent to major Indian cities. The trade in exotic animals carries with it the risk of zoonotic disease outbreak, which is being taken more seriously follo...