DERA GHAZI KHAN: A wildlife team arrested a poacher on Wednesday and imposed a fine of Rs25,000 on him along with the recovery of 13 quails in Taunsa Sharif.
Reports said poacher Fageer Muhammad, a resident of Layyah, was fined Rs25,000. According to Dera Ghazi Khan wildlife department deputy director Muhammad Hussain Gashkori, Fageer is an inter-provincial dealer of quails and other birds.According to a former activist of WWF Umer Waqas, there are mainly three kinds of quails in Pakistan. They are: common quail, button quail and rain quails. All are migratory birds and keep low flights in southern Punjab. A massive decline in their population hasbeen observed in recent years because of two major reasons extensive use of pesticides and net trapping in crops areas by locals to sell the birds to restaurants.
