A total of 138 wild animals, which were preserved by a man at his mini zoo, were released at Lawachhara Reserve Forest on Wednesday. Chief whip of the parliament and local lawmaker MA Shahid released the animals to the forest.
The preserver of the animals, Sitesh Ranjan Dev, a resident of Srimongal,
took the initiative of releasing these to the forest marking World Environment Day.
Sitesh Ranjan Dev said that 30 scorpion, 100 swamp eel, one tortoise, one slow loris, one python, one wild cat, one eagle bird, two
monitor lizards and one
fishing cat had been released.
He informed that these wild animals had entered into the locality from the forest at different times to search food. He had rescued the animals from local people after catching these by them. In most of the cases, these animals had received injury. He had managed for treatment and proper nursing at his mini zoo. Late he
had taken initiative to release the animals to the nature.
Md Mostafizur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Moulvibazar, Harunur Rashid, superintendent of police, Fayez Ahmed, upazila nirbahi officer of Srimongal, AKM Azharul Islam, range officer of forest department were present among others in the occasion.
source:NewAge
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