HYDERABAD: Another death of a wild animal came to light from University of Hyderabad on Tuesday as a wild boar carcass was discovered near the life sciences building in the campus.
It may be recalled that on February 19, a spotted deer carcass stuck in a snare was discovered in the university. Death of the wild boar, however, remains a mystery as no injuries were seen on the wild boar carcass by students who found it.
No case registered
Despite wild boar being a protected species under Schedule IV of the Wildlife Protection Act, Telangana forest department did not book a case on the offence.
Moreover, even though the wild boar carcass was reported to forest department officials by afternoon itself, it was only late in the evening that two forest staff were sent to collect the carcass from university campus.
As per data from the forest department of Telangana, the number of wild animal deaths were not more than 35. Jillapalli Ravi, a PhD student in the university and also a wildlife enthusiast who found and reported the wild boar carcass on Tuesday to Telangana forest department, said, “Last year I found fresh and dried up carcasses of around 44 spotted deer and 10 wild boars on the campus. If the deaths continue this way then the university campus will soon be devoid of any deer or wild boar.”
Ravi said that he was given the information about wild boae carcass by a person who removed it from a pit made by the university near life sciences building, where sewage water is purified. The pit does not have any protective fence around it.
Despite so many deaths and poachers getting caught on campus, lack of concrete efforts are missing from university as well as Telangana forest department. For example, IIT Madras, which has spotted deer on its campus, there are efforts of developing a deer corridor on campus.