The forest department will not have to depend on veterinarians from the animal husbandry department anymore as the National Tiger Conservation Authority has instructed all the state forest departments to have a separate permanent cadre of vets. On November 28, the NTCA had written a letter to the chief wildlife wardens of all Tiger Range states in India.

The letter, signed by Surender Mehra, deputy inspector General of Forest, NTCA, states, "Inspector General of Forest, Regional Office (Southern Zone), NTCA has informed this office regarding the need for placement of full time Veterinary Doctors in Tiger Reserves. You are also aware that while managing the situations of Human Animal Conflict, the role of Veterinary Doctors is very important. Further, there are certain Guidelines and Standard Operation Procedure (SOPs) issued by this Authority for dealing with cases of tiger death, disposal of carcass and management of tigers in human dominated area where it is mandatory to have a veterinary doctor in the concerned team/committee."