Summary:
Underlining its disagreement, the Maharashtra Forest department has written to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) seeking withdrawal of its directive that asks all Chief Wildlife Wardens to seek prior or ex post facto approval before they decide to put a tiger down. The letter sent by Maharashtra's Chief Wildlife Warden last week clarifies that the order does not align with the provision of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 and hence needs to be withdrawn immediately. Maharashtra's Chief Wildlife Warden Nitin Kakodkar has expressed reservations to NTCA officially. A former CWW explained that ex post facto permissions could also be problematic. "Say a CWW gives permission to shoot a tiger and also seeks ex post facto permission from NTCA..