Forest division registered a case in opposition to Sandalwood actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, his spouse Vijaya Lakshmi, and farmhouse supervisor Nagaraj on Saturday below Wildlife Safety Act for posing with a bar-headed goose, a migratory chicken, officers mentioned.
Forest officers mentioned on Sunday {that a} video went viral on social media after the Makara Sankranti competition, by which actor Darshan was posing with a singular bar-headed goose, a migratory chicken.
The forest cell squad officers headed by DCF B Bhaskar raided the actor’s farmhouse on T Narasipura street and recovered 4 bar-headed geese, they added. HT has seen the video and may confirm its authenticity.
“Performing on a tip-off, we inspected the farmhouse of the actor Darshan and located 4 bar-headed geese caged in. We instantly seized the birds and produced them earlier than JMFC courtroom, T Narasipura. The birds have been launched at Hadinaru village lake,” DCF B Bhaskar mentioned.
Bhaskar mentioned a case was registered in opposition to the actor Darshan below Wildlife Safety Act 1972, Schedule 2. The division has served a discover to the actor to supply paperwork if permission has been obtained to own these migratory birds, he added.
Birds of the bar-headed goose species are present in Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Tibet in Central Asia, and they’re one of many world’s highest-flying birds (27,000 toes).
They fly increased than Mount Everest once they migrate over the Himalayas from Central Asia in the direction of South Asia. As the times are shorter and nights longer throughout winters within the Northern hemisphere, these birds discover it troublesome to seek out meals and migrate to India by crossing the mountains and dwelling close to the lakes of the Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, officers mentioned.
Hadinaru lake, located round 25 kilometres from Mysuru, is among the favorite spots for bar-headed geese. Yearly 1000’s of those migratory birds journey round 4,850 km to achieve Hadinaru lake throughout the winter. Because the chilly in Central Asia subsides, the bar-headed geese migrate again north to breed.