Forest officials seize 640 kg Wild Boar meat Pune at railway station

Forest officials nabbed an 18-year-old who came to the Railway station to receive the parcel. A probe revealed that the wild boar meat was to be further transported to Madgaon in Goa by another train, the press release stated.
The forest officials suspect that the wild boars were hunted in Marathwada region of Maharashtra and their meat was being smuggled to Goa through train.

Vishal Chavan, Assistant Conservator of Forest (Pune) said, “An offence has been registered in this case as per sections of the Wildlife Protection Act.

“Attempts are on to know who sent the wild boar meat to Pune from Nanded and who would further pick it up in Goa. A team would be dispatched to Goa to identify the places where the Wild Boar meat was going to be distributed,” Chavan said.

As stated in the press release, Wild Boar is a protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act. Hunting a wild boar and smuggling its meat is illegal.