India minister tiger cull remark causes a controversy
A discussion on conservation has been triggered by the remarks of an Indian state minister regarding tiger culling.
According to reports, Kerala’s wildlife minister, AK Saseendran, said that his state’s government may look into culling or sterilisation as options to control tiger populations.
He was speaking out of fury over the tiger attack that killed a farmer.
Later, the minister informed the BBC that he had just reiterated a residents’ recommendation to kill tigers.
By that time, his remarks had sparked a debate on wildlife conservation, during
More over 70% of the tigers in the world live in India; the most current government estimate puts the total at 2,976. However, because their habitats haven’t grown as quickly, so-called.
Angry residents called for the killing of the tiger after his death and demonstrated against forest rangers.
According to local media, Mr. Saseendran had suggested culling as a potential fix.
The notion on culling, the minister said to the BBC, came from locals who had attended a meeting with representatives from all the political parties to seek a solution.
We must figure out how to keep the animals under control. I don’t want to cull right now,” he declared.
Dr. Ullas Karanth, a tiger expert and conservationist, told the BBC that, over the previous 50 years, the population of tigers had grown by barely 1,000, significantly less than its carrying capacity.
Thus, it is not a good idea to kill tigers in order to lower their population.
Former National Board for Wildlife member Praveen Bhargav said that a recently updated part of the Wildlife Act forbade the designation of tigers as “vermin.”
According to Bhargav, the forest minister’s idea is unworkable from a legal standpoint.
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In honour of India’s “super mom” tigress, Dr. Karanth stated that a few tiger habitats with high tiger densities occasionally have issues.
“But there isn’t a problem like that in 90% of tiger forests. Due to abundant prey and tiger hunting, tigers are practically extinct in significant portions of eastern and north-east India.
