Rethinking the wildlife protection strategy
New Indian ExpressIndeed, using the weapon of WLPA, a tyrannical regime controlled by the forest departments, has come to prevail all over our country. We must therefore take a leaf out of Swedes, who declare that wildlife is a renewable resource that should be managed through regulated hunting involving decentralised decision-making by empowering local stakeholders. If wild animals come out of national parks, sanctuaries and reserve forests, people of concerned local bodies should have the right to either demand payment for tolerating them or cull them and use the various body products as they wish. They may wish to protect monkeys as sacred animals and demand payment for conservation services; alternatively, they may cull monkeys, hygienically pack their meat and sell it to the Chinese or Africans. They may decide to make good money selling the tiger skin or its head as trophies, or ivory or elephant head trophies to Americans where they are in demand.
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