BOLENG, 16 Dec: Siang District Magistrate (DM) P.N Thungon has through an order issued under Section 152 of the BNSS, prohibited hunting of wild animals in Siang district.
Violators will be prosecuted under appropriate sections of the law, the order said.
The DM also directed owners of licensed arms holders to deposit their firearms, including airguns, at their nearest police stations on or before 31 December.
The executive magistrate, police authorities, forest authorities and
the GBs have been directed to implement the order in letter and spirit.
In his order, Thungon said that “many individuals are in the regular practice of hunting by using their licensed arms and airguns in the district, in contravention to the Wildlife Prohibition Act, 1972 and the Arms Act, 1959.”
“Such indiscriminate hunting adversely affects the ecosystem of the area; and also many accidents have been reported during hunting and many have also lost their lives,” the DM said in the order.
It said that the arms licenses are issued for specific purposes only, “which do not include hunting for pleasure.”
