The Supreme Court on Friday extended the jurisdiction, to the whole of the country, of a high-powered committee formed under chairmanship of its former judge, Justice Deepak Verma, in connection with welfare, care and rehabilitation of wild animals.
The Supreme Court on Friday extended the jurisdiction, to the whole of the country, of a high-powered committee formed under chairmanship of its former judge, Justice Deepak Verma, in connection with welfare, care and rehabilitation of wild .
Death of an estimated 500 people and about 100 elephants every year in human elephant conflict (HEC) paints a grim picture of intractability of the conflict.
As many as 2,381 people and 490 elephants have died in India from 2015 to 2018, according to a compendium published by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Friday."Similarly, between 2000 and 2010, 0.5 million .
At the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival, author Shobhaa De has called on the Rajasthan government to stop elephant rides at the famed Amer Fort.In a letter on behalf of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, De asked .