Operation ‘Clean Art’
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change) along with assistance from the Central Bureau of Investigation and various state police and forest departments under Operation Clean Art conducted raids across multiple factories and warehouses.
Need for the Raid
- This was the 28th operation by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau to curb the illegal trade in mongoose hair in the last two decades.
- This illegal trade is a thriving multi-crore industry that results in the death of thousands of mongooses across India every month.
- The brushes are primarily used by artists ....
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