Sylhet Bureau :
Hunters are indiscriminately killing and catching birds every day in the country’s largest ‘Hakaluki Haor’, which has spread in Sylhet and Moulvibazar district, ignoring government ban. Birds in well-known Hail Haor and Baikka Beel in Moulvibazar district have also fallen victims to hunting. Hunters usually use poison traps and set traps to kill birds.
Hunting of birds in this way is posing a serious threat to nature and biodiversity. Catching birds illegally, often some organised groups are selling those during the winter season at different places in Moulcibazar and Sylhet districts, locals said. Each bird is at Tk 200 to Tk 1000.
Some hotelliers also sell the birds at different upazilas of Sylhet region like Jaintapur, Srimangal, Fenchuganj, Moulvibazar, etc, alleged a number of environment activists.
