Lok Sabha Question No. 4351 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Operation Thunder Bird
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., SUDHEER GUPTA, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4351

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2017

## Operation Thunder Bird

## 4351.    SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHANAN:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI S. R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has coordinated ' Operation Thunder Bird' in the country, recently;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the names of the States that have participated in the operation;
- (c) the details of the live species of scheduled animals and Wildlife items seized during the operation, State, animal species and item-wise; and
- (d) the numbers of persons arrested in this regard, State- wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) Yes,  the  'Operation  Thunder  Bird'  has  been  coordinated  in  country  by Wild Crime Control Bureau' recently

- (b) Following thirteen states within country participated in this operation

- i. Assam

- ii. West Bengal

- iii. Maharashtra

- iv. Karnataka

- v. Odisha

- vi. Gujarat

- vii. Delhi

- viii. Uttarakhand

- ix. Bihar

- x. Madhya Pradesh

- xi. Jharkhand

- xii. Tamil Nadu

- xiii. Meghalaya

- (c) The  details  of  the  live  species  of  schedule  animals  and  wildlife  items seized during the operation are as Annexure-A

- (d) Total number of person arrested in this operation is 70 State wise division of this number is illustrated in Annexure-B.

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## Annexure-A

## Statewise details of wildlife items seized, No. of persons arrested as per details provided to this Bureau during Operation Thunderbird

|   S.N | State       | Species                         | Quantity   |   Persons Arrested |
|-------|-------------|---------------------------------|------------|--------------------|
|     1 | Assam       | Live Hare                       | 3 No.      |                  8 |
|     1 | Assam       | Live Mongoose                   | 2 No.      |                  8 |
|     1 | Assam       | Live Dove                       | 1 No.      |                  8 |
|     1 | Assam       | Live Bulbul                     | 1 No.      |                  8 |
|     1 | Assam       | Live Barbet                     | 1 No.      |                  8 |
|     1 | Assam       | Rhino Carcass                   | 2 No.      |                  8 |
|     1 | Assam       | Leopard Carcass                 | 2 No.      |                  8 |
|     1 | Assam       | Tiger Skin                      | 1 No.      |                  8 |
|     1 | Assam       | Tiger Bone, Nail, Teeth         | 8 Kgs      |                  8 |
|     1 | Assam       | Indian Muntjac Skin             | 1 No.      |                  8 |
|     1 | Assam       | Tortoise                        | 89 No.     |                  8 |
|     2 | West Bengal | Live Gekko gecko                | 1 No.      |                 14 |
|     2 | West Bengal | Live Indian Softshell Turtle    | 1900 No.   |                 14 |
|     2 | West Bengal | Indian Softshell Turtle Carcass | 3 No.      |                 14 |
|     2 | West Bengal | Elephant Ivory                  | 2 Kgs      |                 14 |
|     2 | West Bengal | Live Alexandrine Parakeet       | 45 No.     |                 14 |
|     3 | Maharashtra | Live Star Tortoise              | 1 No.      |                  7 |
|     3 | Maharashtra | Live Indian Softshell Turtle    | 1 No.      |                  7 |
|     3 | Maharashtra | Live Alexandrine Parakeet       | 8 No.      |                  7 |
|     3 | Maharashtra | Live Common Kestral             | 4 No.      |                  7 |
|     4 | Karnataka   | Live Star Tortoise              | 286 No.    |                  9 |
|     4 | Karnataka   | Leopard Skin                    | 1 No.      |                  9 |
|     4 | Karnataka   | Elephant Ivory                  | 17.12 Kgs  |                  9 |

|   5. | Odisha         | Live Star Tortoise        | 10 No.   | 4   |
|------|----------------|---------------------------|----------|-----|
|    5 | Odisha         | Jungle Cat Carcass        | 3 No.    | 4   |
|    6 | Gujarat        | Live Gadwall              | 3 No.    | 9   |
|    6 | Gujarat        | Live Common Crane         | 1 No.    | 9   |
|    7 | Delhi          | Organ Pipe Coral          | 1 No.    | 1   |
|    8 | Uttrakhand     | Leopard Skin              | 5 No.    | 4   |
|    9 | Bihar          | Snake Venom               | 1 Jar    | 2   |
|   10 | Madhya Pradesh | Tiger Carcass             | 1 No.    | 5   |
|   11 | Jharkhand      | Sambar Deer Carcass       | 1 No.    | 5   |
|   12 | Tamil Nadu     | Live Alexandrine Parakeet | 160 No.  | 2   |
|   13 | Meghalaya      | Live Gekkogecko           | 1 No.    | NA  |

## Annexure-B

## Statewise details of  No. of persons arrested as per details provided to this Bureau during Operation Thunderbird

|   S.N | State          |   No. Of Persons Arrested |
|-------|----------------|---------------------------|
|     1 | West Bengal    |                        14 |
|     2 | Gujarat        |                         9 |
|     3 | Karnataka      |                         9 |
|     4 | Assam          |                         8 |
|     5 | Maharashtra    |                         7 |
|     6 | Madhya Pradesh |                         5 |
|     7 | Jharkhand      |                         5 |
|     8 | Odisha         |                         4 |
|     9 | Uttrakhand     |                         4 |
|    10 | Bihar          |                         2 |
|    11 | Tamil Nadu     |                         2 |
|    12 | Uttar Pradesh  |                         1 |
|    13 | Delhi          |                         1 |