A. Species
Scientific name: Calandrella brachydactyla
Common name(s): Greater Short-toed Lark, Short-toed Lark
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Least Concern
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- India
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: local restaurant
Name/Details of location: A sample of fully cooked meat was seized from a restaurant located in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, India by the Officials of Eastern Regional Office – Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), West Bengal.
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2019
End Year: 2019
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed
Motivation of use: Basic subsistence and Income generation from trade (individual/household/community)
Is this use legal or illegal?: Illegal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
No
Record source
Information about the record source: own_res_data_knowledge
Date of publication/issue/production: 2019-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
Wildlife forensics in voiding false offences: A case study to deal with unidentified cooked meat,
Forensic Science International: Reports,
Volume 1,
2019,
100011,
ISSN 2665-9107,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2019.100011.
Date of record entry: 2024-06-29