Three arrested for hunting pangolin in Telangana’s Mancherial

Around four kilograms of meat and scales of the wild animal were seized from their possession

Mancherial: Three persons were arrested for allegedly poaching a pangolin, a critically endangered wild animal, at Sabbepalli on Thursday.

Around four kilograms of meat and scales of the wild animal were seized from their possession.

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Luxettipet Forest Range Officer A Subhash said Chakepalli Sathaiah, Chakapealli Venkatesh of Teekanapalli and Ravula Laxman of Dharmaram were apprehended for hunting the wild animal.

A case was registered under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.