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YouTuber Arrested for Hunting, Cooking Cormorant: Wildlife Protection Act Invoked!
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News18•22-09-2026, 20:06
YouTuber Arrested for Hunting, Cooking Cormorant: Wildlife Protection Act Invoked!
- •Diamond Kishore from Kulachal, Kanyakumari district, posted a video on Instagram showing him hunting, cooking, and eating a cormorant.
- •The video went viral, prompting wildlife activists to demand strict action against the YouTuber.
- •An investigation was launched under the orders of Kanyakumari District Forest Officer Anbu.
- •The investigation confirmed Diamond Kishore hunted and consumed a cormorant in the Sasthankulam area near Kulachal.
- •Forest department officials arrested Diamond Kishore under the Wildlife Protection Act and he was imprisoned as per court orders from the Nagercoil Forest Department Special Court.
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Diamond Kishore was arrested after he posted a video on Instagram showing him hunting, cooking, and eating a cormorant along with its eggs in a wooded area near Kulachal.
Following calls for strict action from environmental activists, Kanyakumari District Forest Officer Anbu ordered an investigation that confirmed the crime. Forest officials subsequently arrested Diamond Kishore, produced him before the Nagercoil Forest Department Special Court, and had him imprisoned.
Diamond Kishore was arrested and prosecuted under the provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act for hunting a protected bird.
