Conservationists have urged the government to establish a centralised DNA repository of animal samples to track the origins of wildlife derivatives.
This follows the State government’s decision to constitute a special task force to investigate celebrities in possession of wildlife artefacts like tiger claws, pendant made of tiger parts etc.
The issue gained traction following the arrest of Vartur Santosh who participated in a reality show with a pendant containing tiger claw. Subsequently, other actors from the Kannada film industry have also come under the gaze of the government and some of them were questioned and their houses raided.
