(a) whether the Union Government proposes to grant permission for the hunting of certain
wild animals;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to check their increasing number in view of the
complaints regarding damage to crops by wild animals in the country including Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh and Punjab?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS(SHRI JAIRAM RAMESH)
(a)& (b) There is no proposal with the Union Government to grant permission for
hunting of certain wild animals. However, the Section–11 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
empowers the State Chief Wildlife Warden to grant permission to hunt wild animals, included in
the Schedule-II, Schedule-III and IV of the Act, that have become dangerous to human life or
to property including standing crops.
(c) Some of the options available for controlling the population of problematic animals
are:
(i) Capture and translocation of problematic animals.
(ii)Adopting combination of
reproductive management (fertility control)and removal of part of population to
suitable alternative habitat.