Entomologists jailed for illegal specimen hunt

摘要

Indian scientists are being asked to help facilitate the release of two Czech entomologists who have been detained in an Indian jail since 22 June. Petr Svacha, of the Institute of Entomology at the Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Ceske Budejovice, and his colleague Emil Kucera were arrested for collecting beetles and butterflies without permission from a national park in West Bengal, in violation of the Indian Biodiversity Act. Arguments are set to be heard on the case on 7 July in Darieeling.