Question : ANIMALS IN PRIVATE CAPTIVITY

(a) whether the Farm Houses in Delhi and nearby States have become a heaven for keeping wild animals in captivity;

(b) if so, the details of cases and persons arrested during each of the last three years in Delhi and nearby States under the Wildlife Protection Act and other related Acts for keeping wild and endangered animals in captivity;

(c) whether the Government propose to start a survey to find out the exact numbers of wild animals being kept in captivity in these Farm Houses;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) if not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS (SHRI DILIP SINGH JU DEV)

(a) & (b) No, Sir. However a few cases of keeping wild animals in captivity have been reported from Delhi and nearby states. As per the available information details of major cases are as under:

STATE	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03
Animal	Persons	Animal seized	Persons arrested	Animal seized	Persons arrested	seized	arrested
Delhi	Barking	1	Indian soft	2	Black buck- 1	1	deer	- 2	shell	Falcons	- 5	1	turtle	- 18	Python	-1	1	Falcons	- 3	1	Spiny tailed	lizard	-1	& snakes- 5	1
Haryana	-	-	Black buck - 1	-	Black buck-2	-