Kerala minister Saseendran’s plan to finish man-wildlife battle may spark outrage
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Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In what may spark nationwide outrage, Forest Minister A Okay Saseendran has made a weird assertion that the federal government is planning culling of tigers in Wayanad to comprise the menace to human lives posed by the reported overpopulation of the massive cat.“The government is contemplating moving the Supreme Court for permission to cull tigers,” he instructed TNIE on Tuesday.
“Though the department considered population control of tigers through sterilisation, experts have opined that it’s not possible. So, Kerala is contemplating moving the top court,” he stated. However, environmental activists identified that killing tigers is prohibited beneath the Wildlife (Protection) Act (WPA) until it’s declared a man-eater.
The nationwide animal is positioned in Schedule I of the Act. As per the National Tiger Conservation Authority tips, killing of aberrant tigers is permitted solely as a final resort, they stated. “Killing a maneater and culling are two different things,” stated an activist.As for inhabitants management, forest officers expressed doubts on the practicality of capturing and sterilising a fully-grown tiger.
Meanwhile, the forest division has already determined to maneuver a number of the tigers in Wayanad to the Periyar Tiger Reserve in Thekkady. Moving them to Parambikulam tiger reserve can be into account, Saseendran stated.
Culling of tigers was proposed at a high-level assembly held to debate the assaults in Wayanad. Though culling of untamed animals, particularly those in WPA schedules, will not be allowed, the assembly determined to discover all attainable choices.
Saseendran stated West Bengal had handed a laws to cull tigers in 2012. “However, an NGO moved the SC, which stayed the law in 2014. Kerala was a party in it. Until now, none has filed a review petition or sought lifting of the stay,” he stated.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In what may spark nationwide outrage, Forest Minister A Okay Saseendran has made a weird assertion that the federal government is planning culling of tigers in Wayanad to comprise the menace to human lives posed by the reported overpopulation of the massive cat.“The government is contemplating moving the Supreme Court for permission to cull tigers,” he instructed TNIE on Tuesday.
“Though the department considered population control of tigers through sterilisation, experts have opined that it’s not possible. So, Kerala is contemplating moving the top court,” he stated. However, environmental activists identified that killing tigers is prohibited beneath the Wildlife (Protection) Act (WPA) until it’s declared a man-eater.
The nationwide animal is positioned in Schedule I of the Act. As per the National Tiger Conservation Authority tips, killing of aberrant tigers is permitted solely as a final resort, they stated. “Killing a maneater and culling are two different things,” stated an activist.As for inhabitants management, forest officers expressed doubts on the practicality of capturing and sterilising a fully-grown tiger.
Meanwhile, the forest division has already determined to maneuver a number of the tigers in Wayanad to the Periyar Tiger Reserve in Thekkady. Moving them to Parambikulam tiger reserve can be into account, Saseendran stated.
Culling of tigers was proposed at a high-level assembly held to debate the assaults in Wayanad. Though culling of untamed animals, particularly those in WPA schedules, will not be allowed, the assembly determined to discover all attainable choices.
Saseendran stated West Bengal had handed a laws to cull tigers in 2012. “However, an NGO moved the SC, which stayed the law in 2014. Kerala was a party in it. Until now, none has filed a review petition or sought lifting of the stay,” he stated.
