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Killing of peacocks goes unchecked
During rainy season, the rural areas used to reverberate with the cries of peacock. Now it is rare. Increased poaching of peacock for feather is posing a serious threat to the bird in the region.On June 20, a poacher and his two aides were arrested in Gurdahi village in Sikandara area of Kanpur Dehat district for killing a peacock. A carcass of the bird was also seized from them.According to police, the ar
