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competition success review subscription Published this article page no  72 OPERATION TURTSHIELD  Recently the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau along with West Bengal forest department personnel seized 983 Indian flapshell turtles and two Indian peacock softshell turtles from a West Bengals market. o Operation Turtshield is a new Central programme to protect endangered turtles.  The flapshell turtle which is smaller in size is killed for its meat which is considered a delicacy in both Bengal and Bangladesh. It is listed as Least Concerned under IUCN Red list.  Indian peacock softshell turtles are categorised as Vulnerable in IUCN Red list. It is also listed in scheduleI of the Wildlife Protection Act and Schedule – I of CITES. o It is found in rivers streams lakes and ponds with mud or sand bottoms. It is omnivorous juveniles observed feeding on mosquito larvae and fish while adults consume snails earthworms prawns fish frogs carrion and vegetation. o Major Threats  The species is heavily exploited for its meat and calipee (the outer cartilaginous rim of the shell).  Threats in the River Ganga to the species are those generic for all large river turtles including reduction of fish stock as a result of overfishing pollution increase in river traffic and sandmining among others competition success review subscription buy.

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