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Title: Wildlife hit as plastic finds way into parks, reserves
Source:The Hindustan Times
Date:10 October 2019
The death of a Cape Buffalo from eating polythene in the plastic-free National Zoological Park in New Delhi in August 2019 not just sent shock waves through the community of environmentalists and wildlife experts, but also raised questions about how clean so-called plastic-free zones, such as national parks, sanctuaries and wildlife reserves, are. Animals eating plastics is not uncommon. In July, a photograph, shared by a wildlife official, of a leopard eating leftovers in a polythene bag near Corbett Tiger Reserve went viral. In the past, remains of plastic carry bags, gutka packets, and chips and biscuits packaging have been found in elephant dung in the forests of north Bengal.
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