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Mumbai: Teen nabbed for shooting heron – Times of India

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Mumbai: Acting on complaint by actor Sayaji Shinde about boys shooting birds with catapults from Ghatkopar-Mankhurd flyover, forest officials have nabbed a 15-year-old caught on camera holding the injured heron. “He has been booked under Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and sent to Umarkhadi children’s home till July 4,” Range forest officer Rakesh Bhoir said. TNN

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