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HUNTING BUTTERFLIES

A Japanese man was arrested in Sri Lanka for hunting butterflies in a protected rainforest. The man, who's name was not disclosed, was remanded for two weeks by a magistrate in the central town of Ratnapura. This was reported in the Sinhalese daily Lankadeepa. According to the report, the man had 32 butterflies when he was arrested by the officers of the wildlife protection department.

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