The high range settlements of Kottayam, which have been on a boil over raging wildlife attacks, erupted into a massive protest on Tuesday following the alleged translocation of wild boars from Sabarimala.
According to local residents of Koruthodu , around 30 wild boars caught from the Sabarimala region were released in the Chennappara region on Monday. The animals, brought in six cages on a vehicle owned by the Pampa Range Forest Office under the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR), were released near the settlements of rubber estate workers around 11 p.m.
The PTR authorities allegedly brought the pigs to Chennappara with the assistance of a forest watcher.
