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Can't allow zoo in national park: SC on Corbett tiger safari plan
Hindustan Times
|January 12, 2023
The Supreme Court on Thursday told the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) that its plan to have a tiger safari at the Jim Corbett national park, sort of like a zoo within a national park, cannot be permitted as the approach has to be "animal-centric" not "tourism-centric".
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A bench headed by justice BR Gavai said: "We will not permit animals in the zoo to be kept (in cages) at national parks," while commenting on the 2019 NTCA guidelines to establish a tiger safari in the buffer and fringe areas of tiger reserves. The idea was to reduce pressure of tourism from the core area of the reserve.
The issue came to Court after a petition filed by environment activist and lawyer Gaurav Bansal challenged the Uttarakhand government's proposal to have a tiger safari, a specialized zoo with caged animals, at the Jim Corbett national park. The Court appointed advocate K Parmeshwar as amicus curiae to understand if such a facility could be introduced within a national park or sanctuary.
This story is from the January 12, 2023 edition of Hindustan Times.
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