Indian Environment Minister said that the admiration of Harry Potter witches of the people of this country is the cause of the number of owl fall quickly.
A wild owl. (Internet photo)
BBC said, Jairam Ramesh, Minister of Environment of India, held a press conference to publish a report on the situation of owls in the wild environment in this country on November 2.
The minister said that Indians enjoyed the Harry Potter stories and movies and that was the reason for the sharp decline in the number of wild owls in recent years. Because of their fondness for Harry Potter, parents rushed to buy owl for their son to become more like a witch.
The anthropologist Abrar Ahmed , the report's author, said he decided to investigate the owl trade in India after a friend asked him to buy a white owl for his son on the occasion of his birthday. 10th of the boy.
' Perhaps it is one of the most bizarre proposals I have received as an ornithologist, ' Ahmed wrote in the report.
Ahmed noticed an increase in the number of traps, trafficking and murder to serve ceremonial and religious superstitions. People consider owl as a symbol of evil, so kill them to express their sincerity to the gods. Meanwhile owls are on the list of seriously threatened species. Now about half of the 30 Indian owl species are sold at markets. Some species are killed for medicine.
' The sacrifice of the owl for good fortune is growing in popularity ', he commented.
TRAFFIC wildlife trafficking network, International Nature Protection Fund (WWF) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) all expressed concern about trade and killing. . These organizations claim that owls play an important role equivalent to tigers in the ecosystem.