The Kerala government has demanded empowering States with the power to declare as vermin those wild animals that lead to loss of lives and damage crops and have been witnessing an unchecked population growth.
The demand was put forth among a set of recommendations sent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science, Technology, Environment, Forest and Climate Change which has been examining the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021.
The move comes against the backdrop of the Centre rejecting repeated requests made by the State government to declare wild pigs as vermin.
