Forest officials in Tamil Nadu have arrested a 30-year-old man on charges of killing a rat snake, skinning it, cooking its meat and eating it in a village near Tiruappttur town.<\/p>\n
The issue came to light after the man, identified as G Rajesh Kumar, posted a\u00a0video\u00a0of him skinning the snake and cooking the meat on a\u00a0social media\u00a0platform.
\nTiruppattur forest ranger K R Cholarajan said the department received a tip-off that a man had posted a video of killing a snake and cooking and eating the meat.<\/p>\n
The issue came to light after the man, identified as G Rajesh Kumar, posted a\u00a0video\u00a0of him skinning the snake and cooking the meat on a\u00a0social media\u00a0platform.
\nTiruppattur forest ranger K R Cholarajan said the department received a tip-off that a man had posted a video of killing a snake and cooking and eating the meat.<\/p>\n
Cholarajan said the man admitted to killing the snake and consuming its meat. The man also said that he had taken the extract of the oil produced by heating the snake\u2019s skin and applied it on his knees and elbows after he was told that it cures pain on limb joints.<\/p>\n
Forest officials booked him under sections 9, 39 and 50 of the Wildlife Protection Act and arrested him. He was remanded in judicial custody.
\nThe Indian rat snake is listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. This schedule protects the snake by law and prohibits its trade, and punishes any injury, harassment or death with strict consequences. The penalty could be up to three to seven years in prison or a fine of Rs 25,000, said Cholarajan.<\/p>\n
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