Most of these cropland areas may not host commercially lucrative wildlife species that can be targeted in the guise of culling. Animal welfare activists believe that every individual animal is ethically indispensable, even at the cost of putting entire species at risk. So is it basically animal welfare versus wildlife conservation? Why are animal welfare activists opposed to it? But it may not feasible to deal with hundreds of nilgai, monkeys or boars by any means other than culling.

Source: Indian Express June 12, 2016 22:29 UTC