{"id":262587,"date":"2023-10-03T20:45:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=262587"},"modified":"2023-10-03T20:45:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:15:22","slug":"dri-saves-955-live-baby-gangetic-turtles-in-a-crackdown-on-illegal-wildlife-trade-in-multicity-operation-kachchhap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dri-saves-955-live-baby-gangetic-turtles-in-a-crackdown-on-illegal-wildlife-trade-in-multicity-operation-kachchhap\/","title":{"rendered":"DRI saves 955 live baby Gangetic turtles in a crackdown on illegal wildlife trade in multicity Operation \u201cKachchhap\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>DRI saves 955 live baby Gangetic turtles in a crackdown on illegal wildlife trade in multicity Operation Kachchhap<\/b><b>\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in <\/span><b>\u201cPIB\u201d on 3rd October 2023.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has rescued 955 live baby Gangetic turtles as part of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operation \u201cKachchhap\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Operation Kachchhap?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Conducted by: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To combat the illegal wildlife trade of Gangetic turtles.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Which are the Gangetic Turtles rescued in this <\/b><b>Operation Kachchhap?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-tent-turtles\/#:~:text=What%20is%20an%20Indian%20Tent%20Turtle%3F,-Source%3A%20Wikipedia&amp;text=Indian%20tent%20turtle%20(Pangshura%20tentoria,IUCN%20Status%3A%20Least%20Concern\"><b>Indian Tent Turtle<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-flapshell-turtle\/#:~:text=Indian%20Flapshell%20Turtle%20prefers%20waters,%2C%20fruits%2C%20grasses%20and%20seeds.\"><b>Indian Flapshell Turtle<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indian-biologist-wins-global-award-in-turtle-conservation\/\"><b>Red Crowned Roofed Turtle<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Brown Roofed Turtle: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brown roofed turtle (Pangshura smithii) is a common freshwater turtle.It is found in northern India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The species is found in fast flowing rivers, streams, ponds and areas with good vegetation which provides a breeding ground for turtles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 <\/span><b>IUCN Status:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Near Threatened<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Black spotted\/Pond Turtle: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black pond turtle (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geoclemys hamiltonii<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), also known as the spotted pond turtle or the Indian spotted turtle, is a species of freshwater turtle endemic to South Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 It is found in north and north-eastern Indian subcontinent primarily in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u2013 IUCN Status:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Endangered<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cDRI saves 955 live baby Gangetic turtles in a crackdown on illegal wildlife trade in multicity Operation Kachchhap\u201d published in \u201cPIB\u201d on 3rd October 2023. What is the News? The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has rescued 955 live baby Gangetic turtles as part of Operation \u201cKachchhap\u201d.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/dri-saves-955-live-baby-gangetic-turtles-in-a-crackdown-on-illegal-wildlife-trade-in-multicity-operation-kachchhap\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DRI saves 955 live baby Gangetic turtles in a crackdown on illegal wildlife trade in multicity Operation \u201cKachchhap\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-262587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}