Army mine detectors to rescue tigers from poachers

  • 31/12/2009

  • Pioneer (Lucknow)

Metal detectors used by Indian Army to detect mines would now be used in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve to detect snares used by poachers in catching tigers. Traffic India, a wing of World Wildlfe Fund (WWF), has armed the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve with four sophisticated deep search metal detectors (DSMD) to catch the poachers. These metal detectors would give additional teeth to the foresters to thwart the poachers, senior forest official VP Singh told