Culling: Snippets from the web

Culling reported in (English) Media (Updated 7th May, 2016)

(An opinion piece on the topic here)

Species declared Vermin by Centre (Request from State accepted by Centre)

Sr.	State & Species	Links:
1	Uttarakhand v  Wild Boar	February 2016: ü  http://www.livemint.com/Politics/TSea6J0X9dNMS2eibTMW9M/Wild-pigs-declared-vermin-in-Uttarakhand-for-a-year.html ü  http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wild-boar-declared-vermin-in-uttrakhand-52774 ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Wild-pig-declared-as-vermin-by-environment-ministry/articleshow/50919592.cms ü  http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/killing-of-wild-boar-allowed-in-state/194545.html March 2016: ü  http://kaajcareer.blogspot.in/2016/03/wild-pigs-declared-vermin-in.html April 2016: ü  http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/uttarakhand/community/almora-traders-see-red-over-monkey-menace/224737.html ü
2	Bihar v  Wild Boar v  Nilgai	December 2015: ü  http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/nilgai-wild-boar-declared-vermin-in-bihar-52141 ü  http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-12-15/news/69061867_1_environment-ministry-blue-bull-bihar-government ü  http://naidunia.jagran.com/national-center-government-gives-permission-to-slaughter-nilgai-in-bihar-603252 February 2016: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Blue-bulls-destroy-rabi-crops-in-Gaya-villages/articleshow/50857543.cms March 2016: ü  http://www.deccanherald.com/content/532878/now-bihar-farmers-hope-reprieve.html

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Himachal Pradesh v  Monkeys

September 2015: ü  http://hillpost.in/2015/09/monkey-population-exploding-as-himachal-sterilization-program-boomerangs/104214/ February 2016: ü  http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/himachal-mulling-to-urge-the-union-government-to-declare-116022901262_1.html March 2016: ü  http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/declare-monkeys-as-vermin-in-39-tehsils-hp-to-moef/ ü  http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/centre-declares-monkeys-vermin-in-shimla-mc-limits/215197.html ü  http://www.livemint.com/Politics/rYmhbGzL1IGIFif9h2oM7O/Shimlas-monkey-menace-may-end-as-vermin-status-clears-killi.html ü  http://www.thenewshimachal.com/2016/03/monkey-declared-vermin-shimla-mc-area/ ü  http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/310316/centre-nod-to-kill-monkeys-in-himachal-pradesh.html ü  http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/culling-of-monkeys-likely-from-april-15/216928.html ü  http://www.catchnews.com/india-news/is-culling-the-solution-to-shimla-s-monkey-business-1459571843.html April 2016: ü  http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Environment/2016-04-05/Vermin-marauding-monkeys-in-Shimla-will-be-shot-down-in-areas-outside-forest/219122 ü  http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/marauding-monkeys-to-be-shot-down-in-shimla-to-check-menace/story-u4g2vRJMYfpqRAmCKCKneM.html ü  http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/minister-staff-with-5-years-of-service-to-be-regularised/220520.html ü  http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/vermin-status-for-shimla-monkeys-challenged-in-hc/221907.html ü  http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/forest-dept-accused-of-not-starting-culling/221889.html ü  http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/hc-notice-to-centre-state-on-monkey-menace/224647.html ü  http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/monkey-meance-himachal-hc-issues-notice-to-centre-state-govt-116042000059_1.html ü  http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/govt-firm-on-checking-monkey-menace/223806.html ü  http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/high-court-notice-to-centre-himachal-govt-on-monkey-menace-in-shimla/article8496080.ece ü  http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/himachal-govt-proposes-to-set-up-forage-feeding-station-for-monkeys/story-4Xl3qHQJmLko8rhguskpWJ.html ü  http://hillpost.in/2016/04/himachal-govt-ngos-have-joined-hands-to-thwart-monkey-cull-cpm/105986/ ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/Notices-to-Centre-state-over-declaring-monkeys-as-vermin/articleshow/51902278.cms ü  http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/himachal-high-court-issued-notice-to-union-and-state-on-declaring-monkeys-as-vermin-1461157305-1 ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/shimla/Monkey-meance-Himachal-HC-issues-notice-to-Centre-state-govt/articleshow/51901547.cms ü  http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/NAHJfbythjhogDU3UY8O4K/Should-Shimla-cull-its-monkeys.html ü  http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/monkeys-need-to-be-declared-vermin-in-entire-himachal/ May 2016: ü  http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/courts/hc-defers-hearing-in-monkey-culling-case/231704.html ü  http://www.thenewshimachal.com/2016/05/monkeys-declared-vermin-38-tehsils-10-districts/ ü  http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rhesus-macaque-monkeys-declared-vermin-in-38-tehsils-of-hp-116050601596_1.html ü  http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/monkeys-declared-vermin-in-38-tehsils-of-hp.html ü  http://www.cityairnews.com/content/rhesus-macaque-monkeys-declared-vermin-38-tehsils-himachal ü

Declared Vermin by State / CWW (Group of animals within a state)

Sr.	State & Species	Links:
1	Maharashtra v  Wild Boar v  Nilgai	July 2015: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Norms-to-hunt-vermin-nilgais-wild-boars-relaxed/articleshow/48194603.cms November 2015: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/8-troublesome-nilgais-shot-dead-in-Katol-Narkhed/articleshow/49651175.cms ü  http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/katol-mla-poses-in-front-of-dead-blue-bull-forest-dept-says-its-not-poaching/ ü  http://www.oneindia.com/india/maharashtra-mla-defends-culling-blue-bull-for-destroying-crop-1918340.html ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/navi-mumbai/Animal-NGO-condemns-smirking-MLA-justifying-killing-Nilgais/articleshow/49677201.cms January 2016: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Wild-boar-culling-on-in-Chandrapur/articleshow/50530548.cms ü  http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/after-70-wild-boars-killed-guidelines-to-be-introduced-for-transparency/ February 2016: ü  http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-animal-rights-groups-unhappy-with-government-s-decision-to-declare-nilgai-as-vermin-2182775 ü  http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-maharashtra-government-wants-nilgai-wild-boar-to-be-declared-vermin-2180592 March 2016 ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Culling-of-wild-boars-to-resume-soon/articleshow/51365873.cms April 2016: ü  http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-centre-gives-maharashtra-thumbs-up-to-cull-nilgai-and-wild-boars-2204848 ü
	Telangana v  Wild Boar	March 2015: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Govt-gives-go-ahead-for-wild-boar-hunting/articleshow/49546622.cms October 2015: ü  http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/concern-over-telangana-move-to-kill-wild-boars/article7820110.ece ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Govt-gives-go-ahead-for-wild-boar-hunting/articleshow/49546622.cms ü  http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/shoot-kill-telangana-allows-wild-boar-hunting-protect-crops-35462 ü  http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31809&articlexml=Govt-gives-go-ahead-for-wild-boar-hunting-27102015002044 ü  http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/Telangana-Decides-to-Cull-Wild-Boars-to-Protect-Crops/2015/10/27/article3099499.ece ü  http://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/the-news-minute-epaper-newsmin/shoot-to-kill-telangana-allows-wild-boar-hunting-to-protect-crops-newsid-45607639 ü  http://www.indian24news.com/india/concern-over-telangana-move-to-kill-wild-boars/60212-news January 2016: ü  http://www.deccanchronicle.com/151027/nation-current-affairs/article/telangana-legalises-killing-wild-boars March 2016: ü  http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/250316/wild-boars-in-telangana-to-be-culled.html April 2016: ü  http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/100416/greens-move-hc-for-boars.html ü  http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/ryots-in-ts-worried-as-culling-of-wild-boars-is-a-nonstarter/article8549613.ece#comments ü

States with discussions on

Sr.	State & Species	Links:
1	Madhya Pradesh v  Nilgai	December 2015: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/Nilgai-menace-drives-Neemuch-farmers-to-edge/articleshow/50254024.cms January 2016: ü  http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/protected-nilgais-winning-the-opium-war-in-madhya-pradesh/story-fIJnQZdOytejeWm9EZiayH.html March 2016: ü  http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/to-save-crops-and-kill-nilgai-madhya-pradesh-renames-it-to-rojad-in-rulebooks/ ü  http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160302/jsp/nation/story_72352.jsp#.VtldJPl97IU ü  http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20160309/2813071.html ü  http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bike-hits-blue-bull-in-mp-one-dead-116031700613_1.html ü  http://newshence.com/farmer-injured-in-attack-by-wild-boar.html ü  http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160316/jsp/opinion/story_74637.jsp#.VvJCwOJ97IU ü
2	Orissa v  Wild Boar v  Monkey	October 2015: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Declare-wild-boar-monkey-vermin/articleshow/49299412.cms March 2016: ü  http://www.mid-day.com/articles/threee-farmers-injured-in-wild-boar-attack-in-odisha/17028191 ü  http://www.sott.net/article/314106-Wild-boar-attacks-3-farmers-in-India ü  http://pragativadi.com/state-at-large/farmers-injured-in-wild-boar-attack#.VuU5s_l97IU ü  http://www.nyoooz.com/bhubaneswar/384578/villagers-kill-wild-boar April 2016: ü  http://www.thestatesman.com/news/odisha/cash-for-info-on-animal-movement-in-non-forest-areas/138933.html
3	Punjab v  Blue Bull v  Monkey v  Wild Boar	June 2015: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Punjab-wildlife-department-declares-more-animals-as-vermins-upsets-animal-rights-groups/articleshow/47847586.cms ü
4	Uttar Pradesh v  Wild Boar	July 2015: ü  http://english.pradesh18.com/news/bihar/forest-department-to-propose-listing-wild-boar-as-vermin-774781.html March 2016: ü  http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/tackling-blue-bull-menace-bjp-mla-comes-up-with-solution-replace-gai-in-nilgai-with-gah/ April 2016: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/Car-skids-in-bid-to-save-nilgai-in-Loni-two-killed/articleshow/51862362.cms ü
5	Tamil Nadu v  Wild Boar	June 2015: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Soon-farmers-may-be-allowed-to-cull-straying-wild-boars/articleshow/47859393.cms July 2015: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/For-poachers-vermin-tag-can-be-cover-for-overkill/articleshow/47904797.cms ü  http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/allow-us-to-kill-wild-boars-say-farmers/article7436894.ece ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Wife-sons-arrested-for-killing-father-in-Salem/articleshow/47848549.cms ü  http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/allow-us-to-kill-wild-boars-farmers/article7423372.ece November 2015: ü  http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/wild-boars-destroying-crops-farmers/article7839951.ece January 2016: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/For-poachers-vermin-tag-can-be-cover-for-overkill/articleshow/47904797.cms ü  http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/wild-boar-abundance-survey-completed-in-erode-district/article8156333.ece March 2016: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/HC-closes-PIL/articleshow/51469146.cms ü  http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/man-held/article8373053.ece ü  http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/farmers-affected-by-wild-boar-menace-paid-compensation-state/article8376189.ece ü  http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/goat-dies-after-cracker-bursts-in-mouth/article8407503.ece ü
6	Goa v  Peacock v  Wild Boar v  Gaur v  Monkey (Peacock and Gaur since dropped) (Farmers have also requested for porcupine)	January 2016: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Monkey-baat-Govt-may-call-them-vermin/articleshow/50569031.cms ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Soon-monkeys-to-be-declared-vermin-Goa-CM/articleshow/50562583.cms February 2016: ü  http://dailyworld.in/peacock-bison-safe-from-goa-vermin-order-not-wild-boar/ ü  http://www.firstpost.com/india/national-bird-no-mor-peacocks-may-be-declared-as-vermin-in-goa-2623356.html ü  http://news.discovery.com/animals/goa-may-list-indias-treasured-peacocks-as-vermin-160212.htm ü  http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/National/2016-02-22/Peacock-bison-safe-from-Goa-vermin-order-not-wild-boar/209024 ü  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/12/bird-vermin-goa-reclassifies-the-peacock-india ü  http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/peacock-bison-safe-from-goa-vermin-order-not-wild-boar-116022200290_1.html#.VsxQz_GyW7c.facebook ü  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/12155192/Goa-attempts-to-classify-Indias-treasured-peacocks-as-vermin.html ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Vermin-classification-will-boost-poaching/articleshow/50990732.cms ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Farmers-want-4-animals-declared-vermin-culled/articleshow/51035895.cms ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/National-bird-may-soon-be-termed-vermin-in-state/articleshow/50982062.cms ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/CM-Laxmikant-Parsekar-Arlekar-push-for-killing-vermin/articleshow/50941068.cms ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Peacocks-are-vermins-Goa-CM-treads-cautious-path/articleshow/50970914.cms ü  http://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/Editorial/Mananimal-conflict-cannot-be-restored-through-the-barrel-of-the-gun/98830.html March 2016: ü  http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/no-animals-birds-proposed-to-be-declared-vermin-goa-minister-116031600713_1.html ü  http://www.newkerala.com/news/2016/fullnews-36074.html ü  http://www.socialnews.xyz/2016/03/no-animals-birds-proposed-to-be-declared-vermin-goa-minister/ ü  http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/goa-to-declare-some-species-as-vermin/article8371028.ece ü  http://www.eenaduindia.com/State/Goa/2016/03/18173135/Goa-to-declare-certain-species-as-vermin.vpf ü  http://myinforms.com/en/a/27611927-goa-to-declare-some-species-as-vermin/ ü  http://www.dailypioneer.com/todays-newspaper/wild-boars-free-to-be-hunted-in-goa.html ü  https://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg115323.html ü  http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/goa-to-declare-some-species-as-vermin/article8371028.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication ü  http://www.navhindtimes.in/beware-wild-boar-meat-you-buy-may-actually-be-pork/ ü  http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=7058 April 2016: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Identification-of-animals-for-vermin-status-almost-done/articleshow/51963311.cms ü  http://www.goanconnection.com/goa-news/identification-of-animals-for-vermin-status-almost-done ü
7	Rajasthan v  Nilgai	November 2015: ü  http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/a-new-sport-in-rajasthan-shoot-and-save-the-nilgai/ April 2016: ü  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Nilgai-Protected-by-the-gai-in-its-name/articleshow/51955400.cms ü
8	Haryana v  Nilgai	March 2016: Ø  http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/haryana-to-change-name-of-nilgai-to-roze/article8368469.ece Ø  http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/haryana-to-change-nilgai-s-name-to-allow-culling/story-CxCXqmOHLT7omYlampo4eL.html Ø  http://naidunia.jagran.com/national-haryana-forest-minister-narvir-singh-says-nilgai-is-not-a-gai-killing-it-is-fine-692361 April 2016: Ø  http://www.thepetitionsite.com/142/688/704/save-nilgai-stop-haryana-government-india-to-allow-indiscriminate-killing-of-this-wild-animal/ Ø