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Global demand stokes illegal rosewood felling Updated: Updated: Forest vigilance opens inquiry into the theft of protected trees Share Article AAA A centuries-old  Indian rosewood which was axed in a private plantation at Karimkannikunnu under Muttil South Village in Wayanad district.     | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Forest vigilance opens inquiry into the theft of protected trees The steep demand in the international market for musical instruments and furniture fashioned out of rosewood had stoked the widespread illegal felling of the endangered tropical hardwood tree from reve...

Probe to focus first on Muttil South village

7 held for poaching wild boar Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Forest officers arrested a seven-member gang involved in the poaching of wild boars at Wandoor in the district on Tuesday. The Forest team also seized 6 kg of wild boar meat and weapons used for poaching from the houses of those held. The team caught K.Vinod, 41; M.V. Sajeesh, 40; M. Nimesh, 35; K. Anil Kumar, 36; K. Vinish, 32; K. Shaji, 42; and T. Sandeep, 35, following a tip-off received by P. Dhanesh Kumar, Divisional Forest Officer (Vigilance). Nilambur Forest (Vigilance) deputy range officer V. Rajesh led the raid. All t...