Man pays price for killing jungle fowl

A man who pleaded guilty to killing a jungle fowl, the national bird, was fined Rs.60,000 by Galgamuwa Magistrate L.T.Warusavithana. The man is a resident of Kubukwewa in Kurunegala.

He had killed a jungle fowl caught up in a trap from a forest reserve. Meegalewa Police prosecuted.