JAMMU, Aug 3 : In continuation to the efforts made for capacity building of the Wildlife and Forest staff and the law enforcing agencies in various matters of wildlife management, the Department of Wildlife Protection, in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of India, New Delhi organised three-day "Training Workshop on Wildlife Crime Prevention in J&K" at Limber Wildlife Sanctuary Baramulla for 45 Frontline officers of the Wildlife/Forest/Department/Forest Protection Force/Police. Chief Wildlife Warden, AK Srivastava said that such training workshops are necessary for enhancing the professional capabilities of the frontline staff in control of wildlife crimes and handling of such crime cases in a professional manner, so that the criminals are brought to book and punished suitably. Timely prosecution of the criminals will be a great deterrent to such anti-social elements from indulging into hunting, poaching and illegal trade in wildlife products. The wildlife crimes are a major threat to the survival of many important species of flora and fauna. It is high time that frontline staff at all levels is fully equipped with professional knowledge and skills to deal effectively with the wildlife crimes. Such capacity building programmes go a long way to help the frontline staff in breaking the growing nexus between wildlife criminals at national and international levels, he added. In continuity, next three days training programme in 'Wildlife Crime Prevention' for frontline staff of the Wildlife/Forest/Forest Protection Force/Police will be held at Pahalgam from August 4 to 6 in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of India.