BAMYAN (Pajhwok): More than 125 different types of birds have been released back into the wild in central Bamyan province during the past one year, official said on Saturday.
Provincial National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) director Mohammad Ibrahim Dadfar told Pajhwok Afghan News that hunting and smuggling of animals has been banned on order from the leadership of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and the authority has since released back over 125 types of birds into the wild.
The measures came in light of the law and to protect wildlife from extinction. Birds such as eagles, vultures, parrots, alpines, finches and others included in the group of the released birds, Dadfar added.
He believed prevention of hunting and releasing birds back into the wild was important for the protection of wildlife. The propagation of this culture could play a vital role in the protection of wildlife.
An environment activist protection, Karim Ahmadi said, Bamyan province had four protected areas where sometimes violations by illegal hunters took place.
The eagles and vultures are among birds in Bamyan which face serious threat of extinction and these birds are being hunted during autumn season and smuggled to foreign countries, Ahmadi said.
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