The Punjab Wildlife & Parks Department has apprehended 20 people during operations targeting the illegal hunting and possession of falcons, doves, quails, hares and wild boars.
Officials recovered a monkey and 16 wild birds, while confiscating trapping nets and hunting equipment. Eleven offenders were fined a combined Rs. 530,000, and FIRs were registered against nine others.
In Lahore, wildlife rangers recovered a monkey allegedly being kept illegally at a property in Faisal Town. The animal was transferred to Jallo Park, and a case was registered against the suspect.
In a separate operation in Kasur, rangers caught a hunter involved in illegally netting wild birds and imposed a Rs. 20,000 fine.
Another operation, conducted after several days of surveillance, led to the arrest of four hunters allegedly caught trapping falcons.
The team recovered three kestrels, 11 pigeons and 17 trapping nets, including padam and dogaza nets. A gas cylinder, four mobile phones and a motorcycle were also seized.
The department conducted similar enforcement operations in Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Multan, Chakwal, Jhelum, Pakpattan and Okara as part of its ongoing action against wildlife offences across Punjab.
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