166 India has 'lust for killing' monkeys, peacocks and elephants, claims minister
India’s government has a lust for killing wild animals and is indiscriminately culling monkeys, peacocks, and elephants, a senior minister has claimed. “In Bengal they gave permission to kill elephants, in Himachal they gave permission to kill monkeys, in Goa they gave permission to kill peacocks. I don’t understand this lust for killing,” said Maneka Gandhi, the high-profile women’s minister and former environment minister. The comments come after India’s environment […]