----------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be better informed CONSUMERS. ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre (GDRC) Email: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- More people in hunt for frog hunters ---------------------------------------------------- Beware those out for frog hunting this monsoon season! The forest department and Goa police have bucked up their vigil to nab anyone involved in the activity, even as a total six persons were caught and released since Monday.
‘Wild Goa’, an organisation of wildlife enthusiasts is coordinating the drive, to save frogs and this year has associated itself with nine NGOs in the whole campaign. Last year too it had carried out several campaigns on the lawns of Kala Academy, here and other places, to make awareness on the importance of dwindling population of the amphibians in the ecological cycle. Wild Goa’s Clinton Vaz informed that on Monday four persons were detained in Balli in South Goa. They were later released after a warning. He said the forest department officials are doing the rounds to check frog poaching from Margao to Quepem, Quepem to Cuncolim and from Cuncolim to Paroda. Vaz further informed that two more youth were caught in Nuvem last night and they too were release after a stern warning. Deputy Conservator of Forest M K Bidi said that a separate officer is heading a group of 4-5 personnel to nab frog catchers. Two vehicles are permanently kept for this purpose. He said each forest range also has a vehicle available if there is a call pertaining to frog catching. Clinton said that it is important for even people to involve in the campaign to save frogs. He urged the people to find frog poachers moving about to call this number: North Goa 2228772 (Amar Heblekar) and Deputy Conservator of forest North Goa 9422437137 (M K Shambu); South Goa: 2750246 and (M K Bidi, Dy Conservation) 9422437037, Ponda: 2312095 and RFO Deepak Bedkekar 9423314824. ------------------------------------- HERALD 05/6/09 page 5 ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ---------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ---------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto: [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------
