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    Recently Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)? is in news for fight against wild life crime. In this context consider the following statements:
    I. Operation Thunderbird is code-name of INTERPOL?s multi-national and multi-species enforcement operation for wildlife protection.
    II. Operation Save Kurma was species specific operation on turtles.
    III. WCCB was established in June 2007 by amending the Wildlife (Protection) Act (WLPA), 1973, a special Act to protect the wildlife and fauna in the country.
    Select the correct answer from the following codes:

    A) Only I & II                    

    B) Only I, II & III

    C) Only III            

    D) None of the above

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Statements I and II are correct. Option [b] is partially correct. WCCB is statutory multi-disciplinary body under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to combat organized wildlife crime in the country. It was established in June 2007 by amending the Wildlife (Protection) Act (WLPA), 1972, a special Act to protect the wildlife and fauna in the country. Statement III is not correct.


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