A man, who illegally hunted a monitor lizard and posted a video on Instagram of his child playing with the endangered animal, was nabbed by Forest officials in Andhra Pradesh after an animal rights activist from Karimnagar alerted them.
Vempalli Forest officials arrested the poacher, Chiranjeevi, a native of Vaddepalli, Galividu mandal of Annamayya district, for illegally hunting wild animals and selling their meat after killing them. Chiranjeevi had allegedly shared a video of his child playing with a monitor lizard on Instagram.
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The video was shared on the Instagram page ‘chiru 1521’. After seeing the video on Instagram, animal activist from Karimnagar, Adulapuram Goutham, of Stray Animals Foundation of India NGO, wrote a letter to District Forest Officer, YSR (Kadapa), Andhra Pradesh, on July 2 seeking action on the illegal hunting of monitor lizards.