Forest personnel to file case diaries as stricter wildlife rules enforced

Stricter wildlife rules have been enforced in Odisha as forest personnel are now authorised to file case diaries in wildlife crime investigations.

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The matter came to the fore at a training camp on wildlife and forest law held recently on the Lal Singh Nursery premises under the North Ghumusar forest division in Bhanjanagar of Ganjam district. The event aimed to educate forest personnel on the handling and processing of wildlife crime cases under the newly amended legal framework.

Advocate of the Orissa High Court and former honorary wildlife warden Ashok Pattnaik led the session, explaining the provisions of the revised wildlife rules. The Central government amended the Wildlife Protection Act in 2022, and the state government has implemented its own modifications to the 1974 version of the law, which came into force in Odisha April 30, Pattnaik said.