Assam CM calls for measures to save wildlife

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal yesterday called for concerted measures to protect the state’s rich and diverse wildlife.

“Trespassing into the territory of wildlife by vested interests, including the poachers, has put the population of wildlife in peril,” Sonowal said at an event to mark the Wildlife Week 2018 here.

“If the state wants to continue to have its name in the world of wildlife tourism, its floral and faunal resources have to be preserved at all costs,” he added.