Centre has not given any permission for culling of wild animals: Anil Madhav DaveThe minister said "declaration vermin for a limited period is a response only for dealing with overpopulation in some areas, outside forest...
Animal Welfare Board gives Prakash Javadekar dos & don’ts list on cullingAnimal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has written a strongly worded letter to Javadekar led ministry objecting to the ‘extreme action’ again...
SC to hear plea seeking quashing of Centre's culling orderThe Centre had issued notifications permitting the three states to kill the animals on the ground that they were posing danger to human lif...
Supreme Court to hear plea against declaring Nilgai, monkeys as verminsA plea has been filed in Supreme Court seeking quashing and interim stay of three notifications of the Centre declaring Nilgai, monkey and ...
Five states seek green ministry's nod to cull certain wild animalsGujarat claimed that nilgai numbers have increased from 41,644 to 1,86,770 in 2015, shrinking population of wild predators, their numbers c...
Maneka Gandhi objects to permission for culling animals damaging life, propertyThe Federation of Indian Animals Protection Organisations has been protesting against the culling permissions.
Peacock off proposed vermin list, Bison under review: Goa BJPThe government move had drawn flak from activists and environmentalists besides opposition Congress, which dubbed the proposal as "suicidal...
Peacock off proposed vermin list in Goa, Bison under review: Goa BJPBJP, which is the ruling party in Goa, said peacock has been removed from the proposed list of vermins while a decision on including Indian...
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar treads cautiously on peacock issue"I don't think it is included. It cannot be included in the list. It is a national bird," Parsekar told PTI today reacting to the issue.
Peacocks are vermins? Goa CM treads cautious pathA day after a controversy erupted over the proposed listing of peacock as a vermin, Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Saturday ruled...
Soon, monkeys to be declared vermin: Goa CMThe chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar told Goa Legislative Assembly on Wednesday that time has come to describe some animals as vermin, nui...
Monkey fever grips Goa taluka; locals averse to vaccine, House toldDespite the remote taluka of Sattari in Goa being in the grip of monkey fever, most villagers are averse to get vaccinated against the dise...
Centre allows Bihar to cull Nilgai herds and wild pigs; declares them ‘vermin’This is the first instance of the environment ministry declaring any species as vermin and granting rights to a state to hunt them down.
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When sighted in the wild, tourists make use of the photo-op but when the same wildlife comes closer to human habitation it becomes a threat.
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In a move to resolve increasing man-animal conflict, especially tho- se causing damage to crops, the environment ministry on Monday said it...
Mumbai’s Coastal Road Project gets environment ministry nodAddressing a press conference, Javadekar confirmed green clearance for the coastal road project in his home state.
Overpopulated animals to be marked as vermin: Prakash Javadekar"As soon as we get states' response on this, we will give them permission to decalre such animals as 'vermin' for a limited period of time,...