New Delhi, July 13 -- : BJD MP Anubhav Mohanty moved the Supreme Court seeking action and direction against the practice of encouraging and rewarding killing of wild animals in India.

Mohanty, a Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) from Odisha's Kendrapara Constituency, sought appropriate directions or orders from the top court against the indiscriminate and brutal killing of wild animals.

Many state governments, including Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala have even financially incentivised the killing of wild animals such as Neelgai, Rhesus Macaque and Wild Boar respectively, Mohanty's petition stated.

Unfortunately, a popular way of getting rewarded by the State Governments is by planting bombs and poisons in our forests, he stated. ...