First, the government intends to create a seven-member body with members drawn from the Sashastra Seema Bal, Border Security Force, CID and West Bengal Forest Department to keep an eye on rhino-poaching and involve local people in the exercise.
In view of the gravity of the situation, the West Bengal Wildlife Board had suggested that forest guards be issued "shoot-at-sight" orders to save the animals, but the government preferred not to take that extreme step.
"We are not in favour of the shoot-at-sight policy. We have full faith in the local inhabitants there and we are trying to involve them in our bid to save our rhinos," West Bengal Forest Minister Binay Krishna Barman told PTI.
The minister said that the seven-member body would include representatives from the state Forest Department and commandant-level officers from the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), the Border Security Force (BSF) and the CID.
"They will share information with each other on a daily basis," he said.
At least six rhinos were killed by suspected poachers in the Jaldapara National Park in the past eight months. Jaldapara happens to be the second largest habitat of one-horned rhinos in India after the Kaziranga National Park in Assam.
Asked what kept the state government from emulating the example of Assam in issuing "shoot-at-sight" orders to keep poachers at bay, the minister said, "Shoot-to-kill should be adopted as the last measure and in self-defence. It's better to educate people and raise their awareness about the need to conserve rhinos," the minister explained.
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