Lok Sabha Question No. 22 (STARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Culling of Wild Animals
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 22

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2016

## Culling of Wild Animals

## *22.      SHRI D. K. SURESH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken a decision to allow some States to cull certain wild animals;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  this  decision  has  caused  conflict  rather  than  cohabitation  in  man-  animal relationship;
- (d) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to ensure that this decision is not misused widely in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)  OF THE  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.*22  REGARDING  'CULLING  OF WILD ANIMALS' BY SHRI D. K. SURESH DUE FOR REPLY ON 19.07.2016:

- (a) & (b) In response to the request from the State Governments to include problematic wild  animals  in  Schedule  V  in  accordance  with  section  62  of  the  Wild  Life (Protection) Act, 1972, the Ministry has issued notifications classifying certain species  in  Schedule  V  for  limited  period  in  specific  areas,  as  per  the  details below:
- (c) and  (d) No such information is available in the Ministry. The step has been taken for dealing with over population of these species in identified areas out side forest for a limited period only.
- (e) The State Governments are empowered to implement the provisions of the Act in letter and spirit. Adequate measures to ensure compliance of the notifications vests with the respective State Governments. The notifications do not prohibit enforcement of any other law related to welfare of animals.

| 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                             |

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