Lok Sabha Question No. 335 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-18
Subject: Wild Animal Attacks
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 335.

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2017

## Wild Animal Attacks

## 335.   SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there has  been  a  spurt  in  the  number  of  deaths  due  to  attacks  by  tigers  and elephants during the recent years in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years, State wise;
- (c) the  names  of  the  States  which  have  sent  proposals  for  additional  assistance  for prevention from such animal attacks; and
- (d) the funds released to such States during the current financial year, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) & (b) Definite and consistent increase in number of deaths due to tiger and elephant attacks has not been reported. The details of human causality due to tiger and elephant during the last three years, State wise, are given in Annexure-I and Annexure-II.
- (c) No  proposal  has  been  received  from  any  State  for  additional  assistance  for prevention of animal attack.
- (d) Does not arise.

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## Annexure-I

## Details of Human death by tiger attacks in the states for calendar year (during last three years and current year)

| S. No.   | State            |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18(as on 18.5.2017) |
|----------|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 2        | Arunchal Pradesh |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 3        | Assam            |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 4        | Bihar            |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh     |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 6        | Jammu& Kashmir   |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 7        | Jharkhand        |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 8        | Karnataka        |         4 |         2 |         0 |                          0 |
| 9        | Kerala           |         1 |         1 |         0 |                          0 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh   |         6 |         6 |         3 |                          0 |
| 11       | Maharashtra      |         8 |         0 |         4 |                          4 |
| 12       | Mizoram          |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 13       | Odisha           |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 14       | Rajasthan        |         0 |         1 |         0 |                          0 |
| 15       | Tamil Nadu       |         1 |         1 |         0 |                          0 |
| 16       | Telangana        |         0 |         0 |         0 |                          0 |
| 17       | Uttar Pradesh    |         0 |         1 |         6 |                          7 |
| 18       | Uttarakhand      |         0 |         1 |         1 |                          2 |
| 19       | West Bengal      |        14 |        18 |         0 |                          0 |
|          | Total            |        34 |        31 |        14 |                         13 |

## Number of Human Deaths caused by elephant form 2013-14 to 2016-17

| S. No.   | State             | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (upto 9.2.2017)   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 2         | 2         | NR        |                           |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 7         | 1         | 1         |                           |
| 3        | Assam             | 87        | 54        | 31        | 69                        |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh      | 23        | 32        | 59        | 67                        |
| 5        | Jharkhand         | 56        | 53        | 66        | 42                        |
| 6        | Karnataka         | 33        | 38        | 26        |                           |
| 7        | Kerala            | 7         | 20        | INR       |                           |
| 8        | Maharashtra       | 0         | 3         | 0         | 0                         |
| 9        | Meghalaya         | 10        | 3         | 9         |                           |
| 10       | Nagaland          | 0         | 1         | 1         |                           |
| 11       | Odisha            | 67        | 64        | 63        |                           |
| 12       | Tamil Nadu        | 52        | 31        | 47        |                           |
| 13       | Tripura           | 0         | 1         | 0         | 2                         |
| 14       | Uttar Pradesh     | INR       | INR       | INR       |                           |
| 15       | Uttarakhand       | INR       | INR       | INR       |                           |
| 16       | West Bengal       | 69        | 89        | 112       | 65                        |
| Total    |                   | 413       | 392       | 415       | 245                       |

NR-Not Received

INR-Information Not Received

## Annexure-II