Pangolins despite being listed as a Schedule 1 animal still continue to be traded and hunted. They are reported to be the "most trafficked wild mammal in the world" threatened by indiscriminate hunting and poaching.
The operation was carried out under the leadership of the Field Director of the Manas Project Tiger Office in collaborative efforts of the Kuklung and Panbari ranges.
Poaching cases in Garo Hills had literally dropped to zero point during the two years of the Covid pandemic helping the endangered wild life population to once again thrive, but post return to normalcy poaching has once again resumed, putting wildlife personnel to remain on high alert.
Our forest team asked them to surrender but they didn't surrender and the forest team had to open fire and during the firing incident they sustained bullet injuries on hand and back
