Foraging wild animals in cropland are threatening livelihoods, turning the farmer against conservation efforts. THE DAMAGE to the national economy due to crop depredation by wild animals has never been computed. But for lakhs of farmers around India’s many protected forests, it is the biggest challenge to livelihood. In Maharashtra alone, 17,725 cases of crop damage, a 300 percent jump since the previous year, were registered between April 2010 and February 2011.

Kerala has given conditional permission to farmers to kill wild boars that reportedly destroy crops in several parts of Kerala. For the first time the state has allowed the public to kill a wild animal. Chief minister Oommen Chandy said he had received petitions from farmers,

KRISHNAGIRI: The Communist Party of India has demanded that wild boar should be delisted from the Wild Life Protection Act and compensation disbursed for the crop loss by the wild boars in the district.

Over 200 members of the CPI staged a dharna near the Kundarapalli Koot Road on the Krishnagiri-Bangalore National Highway on Sunday.

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The Animal Rescue Squad, Bicholim and Forest Department on Tuesday seized 23 kg wild boar meat worth over Rs 3,500 and arrested a person from Maulinguem-Bicholim in this connection.
According to reports, after the ARS team received information that some people from Maulinguem and surrounding areas are hunting wild boar since the last few days, the ARS team was on a lookout for the persons involve

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JAIPUR: Five nomads were taken into custody on Tuesday from the Indergarh Range of Bundi district in Rajasthan for alleged poaching of wild boars near the Chambal Crocodile Sanctuary.

The accused, said to be belonging to the hunter community of Mogya, are from neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.

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TIRUNELVELI: The recent retrieval of carcasses of wild boars and sambar deer from the Tamirabharani and also from the bushes on the reserve forest periphery seems to be only a tip of the iceberg as good number of carcasses of these animals are still strewn around in the forest.

Piparia : The unabated illegal poaching of wild animals in Piparia-Pachmarhi forest range has dealt a severe blow to people's faith in Forest Department's squad. The entire area was rocked by recovery of hide of a black buck in 14 pieces from a Tavera SUV on the other day.

Udhagamandalam: Seven persons have been arrested for killing a wild boar at Hallatty near Kadanad.
The district forest officer, K. Soundarapandian, told Hindu?The here that a team of officials on a tip-off visited the spot on Saturday night and arrested them while they were sharing the meat.

Wild boar is usually slaughtered by the people for meat but the Parab family from Madpai, Marcel proved to be good Samaritans for a wild boar trapped in their well.