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A. K. JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR, GOPINATH P.
In Re: Bruno (Suo Motu) – Appellant
Versus
Union of India, Represented by the Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying), Government of India – Respondent
ORDER :
A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J.
Unfortunate indeed are the circumstances leading up to the human-animal conflict situation that we are called upon to resolve in these proceedings. Our State that is spread over 38,800 Square Kilometers of land is home to about 34 million human inhabitants, and wedged as it is between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats, it also boasts of substantial marine and forest wealth and the fact that it is home to many species of animals – domestic, wild and liminal. Co-existence with other species has always been an integral part of human existence in this State. In recent times, however, there have been a number of incidents of human-animal conflict reported from various corners of the State and it is one such issue that confronts us today.
The issue before us:
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