Sidhu’s black partridge from Pakistan is violation of Wildlife Protection Act 1972: WCCB volunteer

Ludhiana (Punjab), Dec 14 (ANI): Activists have approached the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) against Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for allegedly possessing a stuffed black partridge in violation of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. While talking on the same, Sandeep Jain, Volunteer of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Punjab said, “I got to know through newspapers that Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu brought a stuffed black partridge from Pakistan and gifted it to Punjab CM. This is a violation of Wildlife Protection Act 1972”. He further added, “I have registered a complaint with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, New Delhi demanding a probe on how the black partridge was brought from Pakistan and kept in Punjab for so long. It’s illegal to keep an animal or a bird or their body parts without any permission”.

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