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Smugglers now after venomous snakes [1]

KOCHI: After ivory, ganja and sandalwood, the smugglers are now madly after King Cobra and other venomous snakes in the forests as 10 ml venom of a King Cobra would fetch crores of rupees in the international black market.

The smuggling of snake venom had come to light after the recent seizure of 200 ml of King Cobra venom at Kanjikode, near Palakkad.

Publication Date: 
22/07/2009
New Indian Express (Kochi) [2]
Tags:
Timber Smuggling [3], Wildlife [4], Snakes [5], Poaching [6], Kerala [7], Kochi [8]
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