{"id":59687,"date":"2020-01-12T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T05:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=59687"},"modified":"2020-01-10T17:52:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T12:52:22","slug":"sindh-wildlife-department-releases-rescued-turtles-in-indus-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-wildlife-department-releases-rescued-turtles-in-indus-river.html","title":{"rendered":"Sindh Wildlife Department releases rescued turtles in Indus River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) recently released 54 Indian soft-shelled turtles rescued from poachers, into the Indus River near the Khairpur-Larkana Bridge \u2014 according to a news source.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/green-pakistan-programme-aims-protect-wildlife-pm-khan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Green Pakistan Programme\u2019 aims to protect wildlife: PM Khan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the SWD had received a tip-off about poachers from Ranipur in the Khanpur district, and retrieved the turtles from their possession on Wednesday. SWD deputy conservator Dara Munir Qazi revealed that apart from the turtles being confiscated, a PKR 30,000 fine was also imposed on the poachers.<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wildlife-preservation-process-at-rangla-game-range-begins.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wildlife preservation process at Rangla Game Range begins<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He explained that the smuggling of freshwater turtles has been rampant in the area, despite strict checks and legislation against it. These turtles are smuggled to nations in the Far East, where they and their body parts can fetch high prices. This breed, with the scientific name of <em>Chitra Indica<\/em>, has been classified as being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/survey-launched-identify-endangered-wildlife-species.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endangered<\/a>, and is only found along South Asian rivers. It is threatened by poaching activities and loss of habitat, so the SWD is vigilant about its conservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) recently released 54 Indian soft-shelled turtles rescued from poachers, into the Indus River near the Khairpur-Larkana Bridge \u2014 according to a news source. Read:\u00a0\u2018Green Pakistan Programme\u2019 aims to protect wildlife: PM Khan Earlier this week, the SWD had received a tip-off about poachers from Ranipur in the Khanpur district, and retrieved the turtles from their possession on Wednesday. SWD deputy conservator Dara Munir Qazi revealed that apart from the turtles being confiscated, a PKR 30,000 fine was also imposed on the poachers. Read:\u00a0Wildlife preservation process at Rangla Game Range begins He explained that the smuggling of freshwater turtles has been rampant in the area, despite strict checks and legislation against it. These turtles are smuggled to nations in the Far East, where they and their body parts can fetch high prices. This breed, with the scientific name of Chitra Indica, has been classified as being endangered, and is only found along South Asian rivers. It is threatened by poaching activities and loss of habitat, so the SWD is vigilant about its conservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":5951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14942,14422],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-turtles","8":"tag-wildlife"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sindh Wildlife Department releases rescued turtles in Indus River - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: The Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) recently released 54 Indian soft-shelled turtles rescued from poachers, into the Indus River near the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-wildlife-department-releases-rescued-turtles-in-indus-river.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sindh Wildlife Department releases rescued turtles in Indus River - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: The Sindh Wildlife Department (SWD) recently released 54 Indian soft-shelled turtles rescued from poachers, into the Indus River near the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-wildlife-department-releases-rescued-turtles-in-indus-river.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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