Decision to fine animal feeders at SGNP is welcome
Updated On: 29 December, 2021 07:08 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
Officials in the report have been quoted as saying that people are feeding monkeys and spotted deer fruit, biscuits and other food, in spite of information boards asking them to desist from doing so
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Forest officials warn that feeding of wild animals by visitors is an infringement of the Wildlife (Protection) Act
To end the menace of feeding wild monkeys and spotted deer at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) the forest authorities have decided to fine people Rs 1,000. Patrolling is going to be intensified to catch violators, a report in this paper stated. Officials in the report have been quoted as saying that people are feeding monkeys and spotted deer fruit, biscuits and other food, in spite of information boards asking them to desist from doing so.
Feeding these wild animals is bad, as they may ingest plastic wrappers which are harmful. Feeding also means adversely affecting their survival instincts which make them stay away from humans. Such behaviour blurs that line, and may expose them to poachers, the experts say. They also cite instances when emboldened monkeys, feeding off (pun intended) precisely such behaviour, have snatched food from tourist’s hands. This is a very dangerous phenomenon.
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