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Birds seized

August 06, 2007 — Filed in: Conservation

ExpressIndia.com

Ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri) © lecercle  / Akshay Mahajan via Flickr

Kolkata - The state forest department today rescued 72 parrots and 20 munias from Dasnagar and Baltikuri in Howrah district. The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 prohibits the sale of these varieties of birds and keeping these birds at home is also illegal.

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