No Beef For Tigers At Guwahati Zoo: Assam BJP Leader

[Picheshwar]

Assam BJP Leader Protests, Says No Beef For Tigers At Guwahati Zoo 

The BJP leader's "solution" was to kill the zoo's surplus sambar deer population to feed its carnivores; sambar deer, however, are protected under Indian law

 

Guwahati: 

Hardline Assam BJP leader Satya Ranjan Borah has a problem with serving beef - not just to people, but also to carnivorous animals in zoos, specifically tigers.

On Monday a small group of protesters led by Mr Borah - claiming to be anti-beef activists - attempted to block the main gate at Guwahati Zoo as vehicles carrying beef for tigers were trying to pass. Zoo authorities managed to disperse them with help from the police, official sources said.

The protesters shouted slogans demanding a carpet ban on cow slaughter.

"In Hindu society we give importance to protection of cow, but it is the staple food for carnivores in the zoo and part of government supply. Our objection is - why serve beef? Why not other meat?" Mr Borah asked reporters.

The BJP leader then offered a "solution".

"The zoo's sambar deer population is so much that the males have to be kept separately (to slow down breeding). The zoo can achieve self-sufficiency if sambar deer meat is used to feed the carnivores," he declared.

"The vehicles carrying meat were stopped briefly by miscreants. We called the police to disperse them. Food for carnivores is recommended by the Central Zoo Authority. As per the law we cannot give the meat of zoo animals to the carnivores. Also, sambar deer is a wild animal and we cannot kill wild animals," Tejas Mariswamy, Divisional Forest Officer, under whom jurisdiction of the zoo falls, said.

 

Incidentally, sambar deer are listed as "vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and are protected under Schedule-III of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Later Assam Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya said the animals were fed beef as it was "essential" for their nutrition. He said that some states opted to feed carnivores buffalo meat but since Assam does not have that stock, beef was given as per the centre's guideline.

 

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/assam-bjp-leader-protests-says-no-beef-for-tigers-at-guwahati-zoo-2309177

[Spartan]

zoo's surplus sambar deer population to feed its carnivores;

 

[dasara_bullodu1]

Ento 

[Pappu_Packitmaar]

14 minutes ago, Spartan said:

zoo's surplus sambar deer population to feed its carnivores;

 

Few years back, Hayathnagar deer park and Mrugavani deer park la deer population ekuva undi ani, Zoo Park la kuda ide chesinar...

[Spartan]

1 minute ago, Pappu_Packitmaar said:

Few years back, Hayathnagar deer park and Mrugavani deer park la deer population ekuva undi ani, Zoo Park la kuda ide chesinar...

ekkaaina ade chesedi..

ikkada US lo hunting open chestaru for 1 week or so...to control animal population.

eddi media ki...edavadaniki ..issue create cheyataniki oka news kavali...

a MLA BJP vadu kakapoi unte...u wouldnt even have seen the news anywhere..about this.

 

[Picheshwar]

34 minutes ago, Spartan said:

zoo's surplus sambar deer population to feed its carnivores;

 

sambar deer, however, are protected under Indian law

[Pappu_Packitmaar]

Not related to topic but in relation to protection of wild animals...oka 15-20 years back normally villages la peacocks tirugutayi kada....damaging the crops, so people set up traps and oka village la a trap la peacocks chikkukuni dorikithe, mana villagers ekanga kosi dawat chesinar...village antha panchukunaru peacock meat ni..

word spread ayindi..adi kastha Police ki, avutali party vallki telsindi...forest rangers diginaru, eekalu,bokkalu ani dorkinayi...evadu evadu aithe involve ayinaro andarni tessukapoi methaga thominaru..a case inka going on..apudo ipudo peshi ki poi vastunataru...public ki pack ayindi suttu vunna villages la..almost 20 years aitundi...

scene cut chesthe, Maa villages side full peacocks ipudu...evadu touch kuda cheyadu, akariki vunna electric fences kuda teesesinaru...of course crop damage aitundi kani, but it was good see peacocks,peahens and other birds again...lekapothey ipatiki motham khatam aipotunde

[Maryadaramanna]

1 hour ago, Pappu_Packitmaar said:

Few years back, Hayathnagar deer park and Mrugavani deer park la deer population ekuva undi ani, Zoo Park la kuda ide chesinar...

avunaa..akkada asalu 3 or 4 maatrame unnayani anevallu