Rs 65,000 fine on trio for hunting wild boar

Madurai: The forest department has slapped a fine of Rs 65 ,000 on three people for hunting wild boar with dogs in the buffer zone of Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) on May 7.

Forest range officer C Nellai Nayagam said on May 8 the department got information about the incident and picked up the accused one after the other.

Two of them hunted down the animal, the third accused cooked the meat and all of them consumed it. Deputy director of KMTR’s Ambasamudram division M G Ganesan slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 each on the duo who hunted the animal.

Another Rs 15,000 was slapped on the third accused while the fourth accused is at large. The department has warned of action against those hunting hare, monitor lizard, deer, boar, fox, anteater, parrot, myna and pigeon. The public can report such incidents over the phone at 8248151116, 9865875955, 04634-283165 or 04634-250594.