Archive · 13 Sep 2025
Kerala Amends Wildlife Act Amidst Rising Human-Animal Conflict
The government in Kerala is changing the rules to deal with wild animals that sometimes hurt people.
They approved a plan to let officials quickly kill animals that attack humans.
This aims to prevent delays and protect people.
They also want to declare wild boars as pests so they can be killed and allow removal or birth control for some animals.
The goal is to manage problems caused by animals like tigers, elephants, and monkeys.
These changes will be discussed by lawmakers soon.
Kerala Cabinet approved amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act.
The amendment aims to ease procedures for dealing with dangerous animals.
Chief Wildlife Warden can order the killing of attacking animals.
Bill includes provisions for relocating or controlling animal populations.
The bill proposes to remove bonnet macaques from the Schedule I protection category.
- Who
- Kerala Cabinet
- What
- Approved amendments to the Wildlife (Protection) Act
- When
- Saturday
- Where
- Kerala
- Why
- To mitigate human-wildlife conflicts
- Key Action
- Kerala Cabinet approved amendments to Wildlife Protection Act of 1972
- Amendment Goal
- Address increasing human-wildlife conflict
- Key Change
- Empowers Chief Wildlife Warden to order killing of attacking animals
- Other Changes
- Allows relocation of Schedule II animals and declaring wild boar as vermin
- Affected Species
- Tiger, leopard, elephant, bison, wild boar, and bonnet macaque
- Upcoming Action
- Bill to be presented in the Assembly
