Telangana Forest staff will soon be equipped with ‘wildlife evidence collection kits’ to be able to fight the illegal trade in body parts of wild fauna.
Minister for Environment and Forests A. Indrakaran Reddy launched the kits on the occasion of International Tiger Day on Friday, for use by all the divisions and wildlife ranges in the State.
The kits, supplied by the Wildlife Conservation Society-India as part of the existing collaboration with the Forest department, include protection gear such as surgical gloves, and masks, containers to store evidence, preservatives, sample collection equipment and notepad.
