Operations conducted by WCCB against illegal wildlife trade

• Operation Save Kurma: It focuses on the poaching, transportation and illegal trade of live turtles and tortoises.
• Operation Turtshield:It was taken up to tackle the illegal trade of live turtles.
• Operation Softgold:To tackle illegal trade in Shahtoosh shawls (made from Chiru wool).
• Operation Lesknow: To bring the attention of the enforcement agencies within the country to the illegal wildlife trade in lesser-known species such as Deer, Wild Boar, Jackal, Mongoose, Monitor Lizard, Sea cucumber, and Pangolin.
• Operation Clean Art:To drag the attention of enforcement agencies towards the illegal wildlife trade in Mongoose hairbrushes.
• Operation Thunderbird: It concentrated mainly on illegal trade in species such as Tigers and other Asian big cats, Bears, Pangolins, Reptiles, Red Sanders, Sea-cucumber, and seahorses.
• Operation Birbil:To curb illegal trade in wild cat and wild bird species.
• Operation Wildnet:It was aimed to draw the attention of the enforcement agencies within the country to focus their attention on the ever-increasing illegal wildlife trade over the internet using social media platforms.
• Operation Freefly:It was conducted to check the illegal trade of live birds.
• Operation Wetmark: It was taken up to ensure the prohibition of the sale of meat of wild animals in wet markets across the country.

Source:  Important Environmental Initiatives – International and Domestic