The Supreme Court has refused to stay Centre's notification allowing culling of Blue Bull, wild boar, monkey in Himachal Pradesh, Bihar & Uttarakhand. Gujarat and Maharashtra are the states are still on Que. The Centre had issued notifications permitting the three states to kill the animals on the ground that they were posing danger to human life and causing harm to crops.

The ministry of environment and forest had on December 1 last year issued notification declaring blue bull and wild boar as vermin in Bihar and granted permission for their culling for one year. On February 2, it allowed culling of wild boar in Uttrakhand while killing of rhesus macaque monkey in Himachal Pradesh was allowed by the Centre on May 24.

Once declared vermin (harmful to human, crops, farm animals or carrier of diseases), an animal is deprived of the protection under the Wildlife Protection Act. Open hunting of one of the species will lower inhibitions and provoke locals and hunters to engage in hunting of other animals resulting in indiscriminate killings. It also alleges that the Centre is ignoring the fact that both blue bull and wild boar are indicator prey species. Prey species reflects upon the health of the ecosystem and are directly responsible for the sustenance of predatory species such as tigers, leopards, and wolves. In the absence of these prey animals, predatory species will be forced to enter human dominated landscape ...blue bull and wild boar also help disperse seeds of various endemic species of trees thereby sustaining the health of forests.

The decision for culling was taken without conducting any study on the danger posed by the animals to human habitat. Supreme court MUST impose stay order on Centre's notification allowing culling of Blue Bull, wild boar, monkey IMMEDIATELY.