The Tamil Nadu Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (TNWCCB) has seized 14,000 paint brushes made of mongoose hair from Chennai, Coimbatore, and Madurai.
Mongoose is a protected species under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022. They prey on rodents, mice and other small animals, and are essential in saving food crops. As many as 7,800 brushes from Chennai, 3,200 from Coimbatore and 3,000 from Madurai were seized based on an intel received by the TNWCCB.
