Assam: 13 exotic animals rescued in Cachar near Mizoram border

Exotic Animals Rescued

Silchar: Police in Assam’s Cachar district have rescued 13 exotic animals from the district near the inter-state border with Mizoram.

The animals were found locked in three boxes in a tea garden area, Assam Forest Department officials said on Wednesday.
“These animals were smuggled across the border,” Tejas Mariswamy, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Cachar in Assam told ANI.

Among the rescued animals are seven Moor Macaque, five Lesser Spot Nose Guenon and one Debrazza monkey.
According to reports, the rescued animals were first spotted by locals in the Derby Tea Garden area of ​​Cachar district in Assam.

As soon as information was received, Assam Forest Department officials and officials rushed to the spot and rescued the caged animals.

The rescued animals will be sent to the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati, the forest department said.
The Northeast region of India seems to have become a transit route for animal traffickers to smuggle exotic animals from South and Southeast Asia to the West.

In recent times, the forest department and police of almost all states in the Northeast have rescued many exotic animals from the clutches of animal traffickers.