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Bindu Shajan Perappadan
NEW DELHI: The Air Force Station at Sirsa has come in for severe criticism for allegedly running an "illegal" zoo in its premises, housing a male black buck and a male chinkara which are protected under Schedule One of the Wildlife Protection Act and violation of which amounts to seven years of imprisonment and fine of Rs. 25,000 or both. The Wildlife Inspector of Sirsa along with the Chairman of the People For Animals, Haryana, Naresh Kumar Kudyan, during an inspection carried out on May 18 also found about 150 rabbits, 75 to 100 parakeets protected under Schedule Four of the Act stationed at the "zoo". Worried about the state of affairs at this illegal zoo, Mr. Kudyan has written to the President, the Vice-President, the Prime Minister and the Defence Secretary, asking them to look into the matter and register an First Information Report against the station and also aid in the rescue and release of the caged animals. The letter has also asked the authorities to initiate action against the station for giving misleading statements about "why the animals were kept there in the first place". Mr. Kudyan said they would also be filing a case in the State High Court against the Air Force Station. "From the mini zoo at the Air Force Station we have already rescued a black buck and a chinkara and sent them to the deer park in Hissar," he added. According to the Air Force Station officials, the animals were brought there as they were found to be injured and ill.
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