Lok Sabha Question No. 388 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Killing of Wild Animals
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM, AJAY (TENI) MISRA, SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, HARIOM SINGH RATHORE, JAYADEV GALLA, DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD, RAJENDRA AGRAWAL, ARJUN RAM  MEGHWAL, RABINDRA KUMAR JENA, ANANT KUMAR DATTATREYA HEGDE, KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY, KULAMANI SAMAL, ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY, RAVINDRA KUSHAWAHA, CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE, PREM DAS RAI, VEENA DEVI, A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN, B. SREERAMULU, BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD, VINOD KUMAR SONKAR, KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR, DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 388

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2016

## Killing of Wild Animals

## 388.       SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

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

- (a) the number of proposals received by the Government with regard to killing of wild animals during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of proposals for killing wild animals approved by the Government during the said period, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the number of wild animals killed during the said period, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) to (c) No specific  proposals  have  been  received  from  the  State/Union  Territory Governments requesting permission to kill wild animals. However, following States have sought issuance of notifcation under Section 62 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, for declaring certain problematic animals in Schedule V of the Act.

| State            |   Number of districts | Wild animals poposed to be included in Sch V of W(P) Act, 1972   |
|------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bihar            |                    31 | Nilgai ( Boselaphus tragocamelus )                               |
| Bihar            |                    10 | Wild pig ( Sus scrofa )                                          |
| Uttarakhand      |                    13 | Wild pig ( Sus scrofa )                                          |
| Himachal Pradesh |                    10 | Rhesus Macaque ( Macaca mulatta )                                |
| Gujarat          |                    19 | Nilgai ( Boselaphus tragocamelus )                               |
| Maharashtra      |                    01 | Nilgai ( Boselaphus tragocamelus )                               |
| Maharashtra      |                    04 | Wild pig ( Sus scrofa )                                          |

In  response  to  the  request  from  the  State  Governments,  the  Ministry  has issued following notifications:

| State   | Number of districts   | Wild animals included in Sch V of W(P) Act, 1972   | Gazette notification   | Period of validity of notification   |
|---------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------------------|

| Bihar                    |   31 | Nilgai ( Boselaphus tragocamelus )   | S.O. 3318(E) dated 01.12.2015   | One year   |
|--------------------------|------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------|
| Bihar                    |   10 | Wild pig ( Sus scrofa )              | S.O. 3318(E) dated 01.12.2015   | One year   |
| Uttarakhand              |   13 | Wild pig ( Sus scrofa )              | S.O. 374(E) dated 03.02.2016    | One year   |
| Himachal Pradesh- Shimla |   01 | Rhesus Macaque ( Macaca mulatta )    | S.O. 1140(E) dated 14.03. 2016  | Six months |
| Himachal Pradesh         |   10 | Rhesus Macaque ( Macaca mulatta )    | S.O. 1922(E). dated 24.05.2016  | One year   |

However, no specific reports have been received from the State Governments  regarding  killing  of  any  wild  animal  pursuant  to  these notifications.

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