Tiger poacher who ate bear penises arrested

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 05:51:01 +0000

One of India’s most wanted tiger poachers, who also had a fetish for eating the penis of sloth bears, has been arrested after being on the run for six years, officials said.

Wildlife officials in the central state of Madhya Pradesh formed a special task force in 2013 after several sloth carcasses were found with their reproductive organs missing.

The man arrested, named as Yarlen, belongs to a community that believes the penis of a sloth bear — listed as “vulnerable” on the IUCN Red list — can cure ills including impotency.

According to the Times of India, he admitted to police killing several tigers, many sloth bears, hundreds of wild boar and peacocks.

An official from the forest department in Madhya Pradesh told AFP that he would sell the gall bladders of the bears, which are also believed to have special properties, on orders of businessmen across India.

“He’s jumped bail earlier and fudged documents. Over the years, he has taken on several names as well, the latest be
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