According to Kerala’s Minister for Forests, A K Saseendran, 637 people were killed by wild animals in the past five years in the State.
The minister also said that the archaic laws passed by the Parliament with regard to wildlife conservation should be changed.
Saseendran slammed the Opposition’s allegation that he failed in handling wild animal attack as false and said that his department is working hard to curb the menace posed by wild animals.
The Opposition demanded to stop the Assembly proceedings and discuss the increasing deaths of people and damage to property in wild animal attacks.
Opposition Leader V D Satheeshan said that there should be a change attitude that action will be taken only if people die.
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