In the past, 21 star tortoises recovered from smugglers in Mumbai and Thane operations have been released in the forest enclosure of Rajura, Sirsi, Khambala, under the forest area of Rajura Forest Department.
After leaving the forest here, the employees of the forest department are monitoring their activities. He joined natural domicile, for this, information about leaving him here has been received from the forest department
Indian Star Tortoise falls under Schedule IV of Wildlife Protection Act..
Indian Star Tortoises are in huge demand in North America and South East Asian countries as pets.