Now, farmers will not face legal action if a boar dies while chasing it from their fields.
What you should know
The government has declared wild boars as agriculturally harmful wildlife for one year. The ministry had previously listed them as harmful wildlife, citing the damage they cause to agricultural crops.
The Ministry of Forests and Environment issued a notification in the Gazette on Monday, declaring them as harmful wildlife again. With this announcement, farmers will no longer face legal action if a boar dies while chasing it from their fields. The ministry has stated that it has declared them as harmful wildlife by exercising the authority granted under Rule 36 of the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Regulations, 2030.
'Wild boars, other than small breed boars, entering private fields, threshing floors and orchards within the state of Nepal are hereby declared as agriculturally harmful wild animals for a period of one year from the date of publication of this notification in the Nepal Gazette,' the gazette states, 'If such wild boars enter private fields, threshing floors and orchards and cause damage, the owner of such fields, threshing floors and orchards may drive them away, chase them, catch them or kill them without a permit, subject to the following conditions.'
Ministry's conditions
The ministry has set some conditions for this. If a wild boar enters a farmer's field and causes damage to crops or property, the farmer can chase, chase or capture such a boar alone or collectively. The boar taken under control must be handed over to the nearest office under the relevant national park, wildlife reserve, hunting reserve, conservation area, division forest or such office. The information about this must also be given to the ward office of the relevant local level.
If a boar dies while being chased, chased or captured, a deed must be drawn up in the presence of at least five local people including a representative of the relevant ward and the amount must be buried or the Panchakirti price determined based on weight must be deposited in the revenue. The ministry has also set a condition that it can be used within the relevant ward of the relevant local level (except for commercial purposes) and information about it must be given to the relevant office or the ward office of the local level.
Even in the case of killing a wild boar, the park, reserve, conservation area, and division forest must provide details to the Ministry of Forests and Environment, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, and the relevant ministries and provincial forest directorates of the respective provincial governments. Wild boars cannot be chased, chased, caught, or killed in national parks, wildlife reserves, hunting reserves, conservation areas, or national forests.
The ministry has been declaring wild boars as agriculturally harmful wild animals every year. On Magh 29, the red monkey was also included in the list of agriculturally harmful wild animals.
According to the 'National Agricultural Census 2078' conducted by the National Statistics Office, monkeys seem to have caused the most suffering. The 'Community Report' states that monkeys cause damage to agricultural production and livestock in the largest number of wards (3,927) out of the 6,036 wards enumerated.
After monkeys, the wild animals that cause damage in many wards are the sables, jackals and wild boars. The census shows that the number of wards affected by these animals is 2,752, 2,534 and 2,362 respectively. Except for Madhesh, most wards in the rest of the provinces are affected by monkeys. In Madhesh, wild boars are among the wild animals that cause damage in many places.
A committee was also formed as per the decision of the Ministry of Forest and Environment on 26 Baisakh 2081. The 'Technical Report of the Committee on Reducing Damage Caused by Monkeys in Agriculture' had suggested short-term and long-term measures as well as sterilization of monkeys.
Farmers have been complaining about the control of wild boars and monkeys. MPs have also been raising their voices in Parliament and parliamentary committees.
