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full screen An Indian peacock in the wild. Archive image. Photo: Channi Anand/AP/TT
An Indian YouTube user uploaded a video to the site – where he cooked a curry with peacock meat. Peacocks are protected in the country and the man was arrested after the police noticed the video.
The investigators are now investigating how the man got hold of the peacock, which was clearly visible in the video before it was deleted from YouTube. According to the police, the man probably wanted to attract more viewers to his channel, but the move sparked an outcry among users who saw the clip.
– The reactions were probably not what he had expected, says a spokesperson for the police.
The peacock has a special meaning in India and also appears in the imagery of the royal Mughal dynasty. Killing a peacock does not only result in a fine, the penalty scale also includes imprisonment between 3–7 years.