The seizures took place near the Assam-Mizoram border in Hailakandi
Hailakandi, Assam:
In a joint operation, Assam Police and forest department officials today rescued 52 smuggled Indonesian birds and animals. The rescued birds and animals include Black Lories, Red and Blue Lories, Babirusa Pigs and Hornbills.
The seizures took place near the Assam-Mizoram border in Hailakandi, with police arresting two smugglers during the operation.
According to forest officials, the fifty-two creatures rescued include forty-two red and blue lorises, six black lorises, two hornbills and one Babirusa (Indonesian pig).
According to the officials of Bilaipur police station, the arrested people have been identified as Moinuddin Ali and Samsul Haque. Both are residents of the Hojai area of Assam.
In September last year, at least eight rare animals, including a black macaque and gorillas, were rescued in Assam’s Cachar district on Monday, police sources said.
The rescued animals, suspected of being smuggled from Myanmar, including two Panamanian white-headed capuchins (a rare species of monkey), two common possums, four black gorillas and the black macaque, have been handed over to forest department officials.
In April 2023, seven spider monkeys and two black and white lemurs were rescued from a vehicle near the Assam-Mizoram border.