Six held for hunting black bucks, selling pelts, antlers in Koppal
9th September, 2020
Context:Police forest mobile squad, Mangaluru has busted a racket of hunting black bucks and selling their pelts and antlers in Koppal district.
About Black Bucks:
Blackbucks are native to the Indian subcontinent, but extinct in Bangladesh.
In Nepal, the last surviving population of blackbuck inhabits the Blackbuck Conservation Area south of the Bardia National Park.
In Pakistan, blackbuck occasionally occur along the border with India and a captive population is maintained in the Lal Suhanra National Park
Ranebennur Blackbuck Sanctuary (119 km²), Karnataka was declared as a sanctuary mainly to protect blackbucks.
The blackbuck is listed under Appendix III of CITES
In India, hunting of blackbuck is prohibited under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. The blackbuck has significance in Hinduism; Indian and Nepali villagers do not harm the antelope.