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Vikram Faces Wildlife Scrutiny Over Lar Gibbon Video
A famous Indian movie actor named Vikram made a video with a small wild animal called a lar gibbon.
The video was shared online and many people saw it.
Later, the video was deleted.
Some people think keeping a lar gibbon without permission is against the law.
Lar gibbons are very special animals that need to be protected.
This gibbon may have come from far away in Southeast Asia.
A person whose job is to protect wild animals said they will check how the gibbon got to Chennai.
They will also check if the people have the right papers to keep the animal.
The gibbon is only two or three years old.
The people with the animal could be in trouble if they do not have the correct documents.
A now-deleted viral video showed Tamil actor Vikram with a lar gibbon that climbed onto his lap.
The clip was reportedly filmed at the actor's relatives' residence in Injambakkam, south Chennai.
The lar gibbon (Hylobates lar) is listed under Appendix I of CITES and classified as a Schedule IV animal under the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022.
Chennai wildlife warden Kulal Yogesh Vilas said a forest ranger would verify the animal's source, procurement, and required documents.
Wildlife activist Shravan Krishnan suggested the two-to-three-year-old gibbon may have been trafficked from Southeast Asia.
- Who
- Tamil actor Vikram, Chennai wildlife warden Kulal Yogesh Vilas, and wildlife activist Shravan Krishnan
- What
- A viral video of Vikram with a lar gibbon triggered questions and an inquiry into the animal's legal possession
- Where
- Injambakkam, south Chennai
- When
- Not specified in the articles
- Why
- The protected species may have been kept without required permissions and could have been trafficked from Southeast Asia
Key facts
- Actor
- Vikram (Kollywood film industry)
- Species
- Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar)
- Legal status
- Appendix I of CITES; Schedule IV under Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022
- Video location
- Relatives' residence, Injambakkam, south Chennai
- Gibbon age
- Around 2-3 years old
- Official response
- Forest ranger to be sent to verify source and documents
- Video status
- Deleted from social media
- Allegation
- Possible trafficking from Southeast Asia
Sources
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