The Minister had expressed hope in his foreword to the booklet that district administration, revenue and forest officials would find it worthwhile for managing such conflicts. The Chief Wildlife Wardens and Forest officials from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Assam, Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir were brought together. Availability of basic infrastructure, adequate training, equipment and capacity building of the District Forest Officials and Police Officers. There is urgent need for an emergency response plan(ERP) with the wildlife officials. Its time this philosophy deepens into a public policy institutionalized framework of action which could prohibit bloodbath of these straying helpless wild animals forever.

Source: Hindustan Times November 25, 2016 09:52 UTC