One in every of two red-and-inexperienced macaws, additionally known as inexperienced-winged macaws, stolen from the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Sreepur of Gazipur used to be rescued from a bird market in the Tongi home.
Thieves stole the birds after reducing the iron fence of the macaw aviary at the park, per a written criticism lodged with the Sreepur Model Police Salvage 22 situation by the park authorities.
“Final Friday night, two macaw birds had been stolen from the macaw aviary all the map thru the park. One in every of the birds has been recovered in raids performed in the bird market home in Tongi of Gazipur,” Rofiqul Islam, acting in-fee of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park, told The Commerce Customary.
“The park’s Wildlife Inspector Raju Ahmed filed a written criticism in opposition to the unidentified thieves with the Sreepur Model Police Salvage 22 situation,” he added.
As per the criticism, the stolen birds are value around Tk8 lakh available in the market at mask.
Nazmul Hasan, sub-inspector of Sreepur Police and the investigation officer of the criticism, acknowledged, “After receiving the written criticism at the police save of dwelling, we straight away started the work to rescue the bird. One suspect used to be recognized with the encourage of files skills. After verifying the understanding obtained, on the an identical day, an operation used to be performed in a bird market home reach Sena Kalyan Avenue in the Tongi Bazar home of Gazipur city.
“One in every of the macaws used to be rescued from a bird shop with the encourage of the safari park authorities. The shop proprietor acknowledged that the bird used to be offered for perfect Tk 40,000,” he acknowledged.
On the opposite hand, for the sake of investigation, police officer Nazmul Hasan acknowledged he would no longer demonstrate the names of these all in favour of the theft and sale.
Meanwhile, the park’s Wildlife Inspector Raju acknowledged the rescued macaw has fallen ailing because it used to be forcibly taken out from the aviary and its mouth used to be taped shut.
“At mask, the bird has been introduced to the park and is being handled.”
The opposite macaw is feared to comprise died.
“We were ready to title the thief following the statements of diverse witnesses. We contacted regulation enforcement to arrest him. But we reflect the opposite bird can also no longer be alive,” acknowledged Sharmin Akhter, divisional forest officer of Dhaka.
She acknowledged a probe committee will possible be shaped to search out out whether or no longer the theft took space ensuing from someone’s negligence.
At mask, there are 27 macaws in Gazipur Safari Park.
Because of their rarity and high costs in unlit markets, macaws are smartly-liked targets amongst thieves and bird traffickers.
Per the commerce database of the Convention on Global Commerce in Endangered Species (CITES), between 2020 and 2023, more than 1000 inexperienced-winged macaws had been imported into Bangladesh. All these had doubtlessly slipped in below assorted names.
It’s listed on CITES Appendix II, which restricts macaw commerce.
