{"id":9197,"date":"2021-02-27T10:30:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T05:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerising.in\/?p=9197"},"modified":"2021-02-27T12:45:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T07:15:20","slug":"3-keel-billed-toucans-stolen-from-alipore-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/test\/3-keel-billed-toucans-stolen-from-alipore-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"3 keel-billed toucans stolen from Alipore Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kolkata, Feb 26:<\/strong> Three exotic birds, seized by the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/bsf.gov.in\/Home\">Border Security Force<\/a><\/span> (BSF) from smugglers along the Indo-Bangla border and sent to the Alipore Zoo, were stolen Today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Three keel-billed toucans, which were handed over to us by the BSF last year, were stolen. We have lodged a police complaint and an internal inquiry has been initiated<\/strong>,\u201d said AK Samanta, director of Alipore Zoo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>The three were kept in separate cages inside the aviary as they were undergoing treatment. One was free and was sitting on top of a tree trunk inside the aviary<\/strong>,\u201d said Samanta.<\/p>\n<p>The keel-billed toucan is a colourful Latin American bird and the national bird of Belize. It has a huge beak, almost one-third of its body size.<\/p>\n<p>In the grey market, a pair can fetch more than\u00a0\u20b910 lakh.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wildlife:<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/nerising.in\/black-necked-crane-visits-assam-for-the-first-time\/\">Black-necked crane visits Assam for the first time<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>Preliminary investigations revealed that the miscreants had used a bird-catcher made of a stick and cloth to catch the birds.<\/p>\n<p>They then used a 15-foot-tall ladder kept in the zoo to climb the boundary wall and flee. \u201c<strong>There were at least two security guards within 50 meters of the aviary. There was, however, no CCTV camera in that area<\/strong>,\u201d said Samanta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kolkata, Feb 26: Three exotic birds, seized by the Border Security Force (BSF) from smugglers along the Indo-Bangla border and sent to the Alipore Zoo, were stolen Today. \u201cThree keel-billed toucans, which were handed over to us by the BSF last year, were stolen. 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