Lok Sabha Question No. 4154 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Sick Animals
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4154

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2017

## Sick Animals

## 4154.    SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to entrust injured and sick wild animals and their  offsprings  to  the  care  of  animal  lover  or  to  rescue  centres  run  by  NonGovernmental Organizations;
- (b) if so, the details of thereof;
- (c) the details of the guidelines issued or proposed to be issued in this regard; and
- (d) the number of animals rescued/ rehabilitated during the last two years and the current year?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a)&(b) No sir,  The  Government  of  India  has  no  proposal  to  entrust  injured  and sick wild animals and their offspring to the care of animal lovers or rescue centres  run  by  Non-  Governmental  Organizations.  However  the  Central Zoo Authority had granted recognition under Section 38H of the Wildlife (Protection)  Act,  1972  to  six  Rescue  Centres  at  Anantapuram  in  Andhra Pradesh, Bengaluru in Karnataka, Wardha in Maharashtra, Pinjore & Guru gram in Haryana, and Agra in Uttar Pradesh respectively operated by the Non-Governmental Organizations that are taking care of injured and sick wild animals.
- (c) Sir, the Rescue Centre comes under the definition of zoo by an amendment' to the Section  2 (39) of  the  Wildlife  (Protection)  Act,  1972  since 01.04.2003. The guidelines for scientific management of zoos are applicable to Rescue Centres as well.
- (d) Details of animals acquired and disposed by rescue centres in the country recognized under Section 38H(1) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 as on 31.03.2016 is annexed.

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## Reply to part (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4154 for reply on 28.03.2017

## Details of animals acquired and disposed by rescue centres in the country.

| S.No.   | Animal Name                     | 2014-2015   | 2014-2015   | 2015-2016   | 2015-2016   |
|---------|---------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| S.No.   | Animal Name                     | Acquired    | Disposed    | Acquired    | Disposed    |
| 1.      | Babbler Common                  |             |             | 2           | 1           |
| 2.      | Barbet Great                    |             |             | 62          | 33          |
| 3.      | Bat Fruit                       |             |             | 26          | 7           |
| 4.      | Bear Sloth                      | 4           | 0           | 6           | 1           |
| 5.      | Bear Himalayan Black            | 2           | 1           | 1           | 2           |
| 6.      | Bulbul Red Whiskered            |             |             | 6           | 2           |
| 7.      | Buzzard White Eyed              |             |             | 1           | 0           |
| 8.      | Cat Jungle                      | 0           | 2           | 4           | 0           |
| 9.      | Civet Common Palm - Cat Toddy   | 1           | 0           | 1           | 1           |
| 10.     | Cobra Black                     |             |             | 592         | 564         |
| 11.     | Cobra Indian                    | 353         | 333         |             |             |
| 12.     | Cormorant                       |             |             | 1           | 0           |
| 13.     | Crocodile Australian Freshwater |             |             | 0           | 0           |
| 14.     | Crow Common                     | 1           | 0           | 94          | 48          |
| 15.     | Deer Sambar                     | 1           | 0           | 1           | 0           |
| 16.     | Dove Rufous Turtle              |             |             | 11          | 5           |
| 17.     | Eagle (Unidentified)            |             |             | 3           | 0           |
| 18.     | Eagle Crested Serpent           |             |             | 1           | 0           |
| 19.     | Egret Cattle                    |             |             | 6           | 2           |
| 20.     | Egret Little                    |             |             | 2           | 0           |
| 21.     | Fox Flying                      | 6           | 2           | 10          | 5           |
| 22.     | Goose Bar Headed                | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 23.     | Hare Black Naped                |             |             | 4           | 0           |
| 24.     | Heron Grey                      |             |             | 1           | 0           |
| 25.     | Heron Night                     | 10          | 3           | 0           | 0           |
| 26.     | Heron Pond                      | 8           | 0           | 16          | 4           |
| 27.     | Hyaena Stripped                 | 1           | 0           | 0           | 1           |
| 28.     | Jackal                          | 0           | 0           | 1           | 1           |
| 29.     | Kestrel                         |             |             | 1           | 0           |
| 30.     | Kingfisher White Breasted       |             |             | 1           | 0           |
| 31.     | Kite (Unidentified)             |             |             | 24          | 10          |
| 32.     | Kite Brahminy                   | 2           | 0           | 34          | 14          |
| 33.     | Kite Pariah/Black Kite          | 300         | 177         | 662         | 400         |
| 34.     | Koel                            |             |             | 53          | 27          |
| 35.     | Krait Banded                    | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 36.     | Krait Common Indian             |             |             | 5           | 5           |
| 37.     | Langur Common                   | 1           | 0           | 4           | 0           |
| 38.     | Lapwing Red Wattled             |             |             | 1           | 0           |
| 39.     | Loris Slender                   |             |             | 3           | 2           |

|   40. | Macaque Assamese                      |     |     | 1   | 0   |
|-------|---------------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|    41 | Macaque Bonnet                        | 102 | 30  | 129 | 33  |
|    42 | Macaque Rhesus                        | 20  | 1   | 18  | 0   |
|    43 | Mongoose Common                       |     |     | 1   | 0   |
|    44 | Monitor Lizard / Common Indian        | 0   | 0   | 3   | 2   |
|    45 | Munia White Throated                  |     |     | 5   | 2   |
|    46 | Myna Common                           |     |     | 36  | 18  |
|    47 | Nilgai - Blue Bull                    | 16  | 4   | 9   | 5   |
|    48 | Owl Barn                              | 4   | 0   | 130 | 78  |
|    49 | Owl Barred Eagle                      |     |     | 1   | 0   |
|    50 | Owl Indian Greater Horned             | 0   | 0   | 1   | 0   |
|    51 | Owl Mottled Wood                      |     |     | 3   | 1   |
|    52 | Owl Scops                             |     |     | 1   | 0   |
|    53 | Owlet Spotted                         |     |     | 7   | 3   |
|    54 | Pangolin                              |     |     | 2   | 1   |
|    55 | Parakeet (Unidentified)               | 2   | 0   | 5   | 6   |
|    56 | Parakeet Alexandrine                  | 25  | 80  | 12  | 7   |
|    57 | Parakeet Rose Ring                    | 59  | 111 | 90  | 38  |
|    58 | Partridge Chakor                      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   |
|    59 | Peafowl                               | 21  | 5   | 35  | 13  |
|    60 | Pelican Spot Billed / Grey            |     |     | 4   | 2   |
|    61 | Pheasant Crow / Coucal                |     |     | 0   | 0   |
|    62 | Pheasant Kalij                        | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   |
|    63 | Pheasant Monal                        | 1   | 0   | 1   | 0   |
|    64 | Pigeon Blue Rock                      | 4   | 15  | 17  | 0   |
|    65 | Porcupine Indian                      | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   |
|    66 | Python Indian - Rock                  | 0   | 0   | 4   | 2   |
|    67 | Ratel                                 | 0   | 0   | 0   | 0   |
|    68 | Roller Indian                         |     |     | 1   | 0   |
|    69 | Sand Boa                              |     |     | 5   | 4   |
|    70 | Sand Boa Red                          |     |     | 4   | 4   |
|    71 | Shikra                                |     |     | 11  | 3   |
|    72 | Snake (Unidentified)                  |     |     | 0   | 1   |
|    73 | Snake Banded Racer                    |     |     | 1   | 1   |
|    74 | Snake Common Wolf                     | 5   | 3   | 7   | 7   |
|    75 | Snake Common Worm                     | 2   | 1   |     |     |
|    76 | Snake Forest Cat                      |     |     | 6   | 6   |
|    77 | Snake Keelback Stripped               |     |     | 3   | 3   |
|    78 | Snake Rat / Dhaman                    | 121 | 117 | 193 | 192 |
|    79 | Snake Tree / Common Indian Bronzeback |     |     | 7   | 7   |
|    80 | Snake Trinket                         |     |     | 25  | 23  |
|    81 | Snake Vine                            |     |     | 2   | 2   |
|    82 | Snake Wolf Common                     |     |     | 1   | 0   |
|    83 | Sparrow Common                        |     |     | 11  | 5   |
|    84 | Squirrel                              | 158 | 65  |     |     |

| 85.   | Squirrel Albino Five Striped              |      |      | 256   | 119   |
|-------|-------------------------------------------|------|------|-------|-------|
| 86.   | Squirrel Giant Flying Common              |      |      | 2     | 1     |
| 87.   | Squirrel Giant Malabar / Indian           | 0    | 0    |       |       |
| 88.   | Tailor Bird                               |      |      | 6     | 2     |
| 89.   | Tortoise Indian Star                      | 9    | 5    |       |       |
| 90.   | Tortoise Star Black                       |      |      | 56    | 40    |
| 91.   | Tragopan Western                          | 1    | 0    |       |       |
| 92.   | Turtle (Unidentified)                     |      |      | 0     | 0     |
| 93.   | Turtle Fresh Water / Indian Soft- shelled |      |      | 9     | 8     |
| 94.   | Viper Russells                            | 40   | 38   | 110   | 103   |
| 95.   | Viper Saw Scaled                          |      |      | 1     | 1     |
| 96.   | Vulture (Unidentified)                    | 1    | 0    | 0     | 2     |
| 97.   | Vulture Himalayan Giffon                  | 0    | 0    | 0     | 0     |
| 98.   | Vulture Long Billed                       | 0    | 10   | 1     | 0     |
| 99.   | Vulture Slender billed                    | 0    | 0    | 0     | 0     |
| 100.  | Vulture White Backed - Bengal             | 0    | 7    | 0     | 0     |
| 101.  | Black Buck (Albino)                       |      |      | 0     | 0     |
| 102.  | Terrapin Pond                             |      |      | 16    | 15    |
| 103.  | Sun Bird                                  |      |      | 1     | 0     |
| 104.  | Quail Yellow Leg                          |      |      | 2     | 2     |
| 105.  | Deer Spotted                              | 0    | 0    | 6     | 51    |
| 106.  | Black Buck                                | 12   | 0    | 14    | 0     |
| 107.  | Leopard                                   | 5    | 0    | 23    | 5     |
| 108.  | Antelope Four Horned                      | 0    | 0    | 1     | 0     |
| 109.  | Crocodile Marsh                           | 0    | 0    |       |       |
| 110.  | Weaver Bird                               |      |      | 0     | 4     |
|       | Grand                                     | 1298 | 1010 | 2936  | 1957  |