Down The Man Eater Leopard In The vs Principal Secretary Forest And on 28 December, 2023
Author: Sharad Kumar Sharma
Bench: Sharad Kumar Sharma
HIGH ... Motu PIL in the matter of Hunting
Down the Man Eater Leopard in the
Village Bhimtal Area ........Petitioner
Versus
Principal Secretary Forest and
Environment, Govt
thus only because of two deaths, inference that tigress is a man-eater
could not have been drawn. He points out that in this region ... material on record sufficiently establishes
the animal in question to be man-eater and because of radio collar its identity and
involvement is also established
extra precaution
taken in SOP before declaring the tiger as 'man-eater' has
::: Uploaded on - 07/09/2018 ::: Downloaded on - 08/09/2018 ... Annexure-II, guidelines for declaring big cats as 'man-
eaters' are produced. Suggested steps on loss of human
life due to tiger/leopard
extra precaution
taken in SOP before declaring the tiger as 'man-eater' has
::: Uploaded on - 07/09/2018 ::: Downloaded on - 08/09/2018 ... Annexure-II, guidelines for declaring big cats as 'man-
eaters' are produced. Suggested steps on loss of human
life due to tiger/leopard
person for more than one leopard unless it is a declared man-eater or cattle lifter in one open season. (2) A permit-holder intending ... Hare
Thekua
Ditto
...
14.
Flies Tigris
The tiger
Mahabala Bagha (except man eater or cattle lifter)
Whole year
...
15.
Felis Pardus
The leopard or panther
Brijlala Prasad Sinha @ Brajilala ... vs The State Of Bihar on 28 November, 1997
Equivalent citations
cubs has been accepted
because of their potential to become man eaters.
10. The affidavit filed by Smt. Abharna, in paragraph 5, also
points ... again cannot be predicted. The fact that the
tigress has become man eater cannot now be refuted. She, therefore,
needs to be dealt with
forest
officers to control forest fire. There is also lack of man power.
The information must be released immediately. Local people
should also be included ... life of wild animals. No wild
animal should be declared man-eater, rather, efforts should
be made to capture wild animal alive, thereafter, it should
violating the provisions of the Essential Commodities
Act, 1955 .
These man-eaters are too cunning and always
escape through the lacunae in the law. Even
landscapes may
need to be captured. If such tigers are not man eaters then
there is a possibility to release them back into the wild
