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Wildlife trophies seized from club [1]

Udhagamandalam: A large number of wildlife trophies were seized from a club here on Tuesday night in a raid conducted by Forest Department officials.

It was stated that the 176-year old Ootacamund Club was in possession of a number of trophies and that many of them had been kept without permission.

District Forest Officer K. Soundarapandian said that 82 such trophies were found.

Publication Date: 
29/10/2009
Hindu (Chennai) [2]
Tags:
Wildlife [3], Poaching [4], Tamil Nadu [5], Udagamandalam [6]
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