'Let people eat meat from wild pigs': Kerala Agricultural Minister p Prasad Sparks Row with comment on crop damage

P Prasad, Minister of Agriculture in Kerala, claimed on Saturday that the growing threat of wild pigs destroying crops could be more effective if people were allowed to digest their meat. Prasad said that existing central legislation does not allow it. “In my opinion, people should be allowed to eat the meat of wild pigs killed in agricultural fields,” he said according to a PTI report. “If people have the permission to kill venison and eat their meat, the issue can be resolved much faster. But the current law does not allow it,” he added, according to the publication. The minister also pointed out that the wild pigs are not an endangered species. Prasad’s remarks came days after the Kerala meeting approved a bill to amend the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, aimed at reducing the growing incidents of human-oriented conflict in the state. Human-animal conflict A rising issue in Kerala-human-animal conflict is one of the urgent issues that the Kerala government must address. According to a report by the Kerala government, “due to a combination of factors such as abandoned agricultural land, massive accumulation of garbage, behavior of species involved (generalists) and their breeding program, conflict creates species such as wild boar, bonnet, peacus, etc., which has been so far to bush brown. Boar -threatening in Kerala A report from the Hindu in early 2025 claims that 243 Panchayats stretching 54 legislative meetings in Kerala, see wild pigs damaging crops and ruining the livelihoods of farmers. improperly and overgrown. Most have abandoned rubber reploring their small possessions, given that wild vessels have received a newly found taste for the bulbs and bass. “The outlet spoke to the Bos Minister Ak Saseendran, which laid the blame on the center, by saying that this problem worsened because of the unwillingness of the Center to determine the plump shooters. Weapons are at a premium.