Declare monkeys as vermin in 39 tehsils: HP to MoEF

Declare monkeys as vermin in 39 tehsils: HP to MoEFTHE STATE government has, in a proposal to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), sought the Centre's intervention to declare monkeys as vermin so as to allow their selective killing in hotspot areas. At least seven tehsils in Kangra district, five each in Una, Bilaspus and Sirmaur, are among 39 tehsils in the state's 10 of 12 districts that have been identified as monkey hotspots -- where the concentration of the simians is very high. Sundernagar has been identified as monkey hotspot, Shimla and Chamba have four each and Kullu three, which also include popular tourists destination of Manali besides Sainj and Kullu.



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