 bill no 180 of 2016 the wild life (protection) amendment bill, 2016 byshri sukhbir singh jaunapuria, mp a billfurther to amend the wild life (protection) act, 1972be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the wild life (protection) amendment act,  2016amendment of section 953 of 197252 section 9 of the wild life (protection) act, 1972 shall be numbered as sub-section (1)thereof, and after sub-section (1) as so numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:— "(2) nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to the hunting of the wild animals in the state of rajasthan" statement of objects and reasonsthe wild life (protection) act, 1972 has been enacted with a view to ensure ecological and environmental security of the country by preserving and protecting the wild life in the country section 9 prohibits hunting of certain wild animals specified in schedules i to iv to the act however, section 11 empowers the chief wild life warden or the authorised offices to permit any person to hunt wild animal which has become dangerous to human life or property including standing crops on any landwild animals especially tigers are found in the forests in the state of rajasthan and they have become a great threat to the human life and cause a great damage to the agriculture as the wild animals multiply quickly, their number has increased alarmingly the act prohibits the hunting of wild animals therefore, the villagers in the state of rajasthan are helpless when these animals enter their fields and damage their crops in many cases, when villagers tried to shoo away these animals out of their fields, the animals attacked them thereby putting their lives to threat it is, therefore, necessary that the act should be amended so as to permit hunting of wild animals in the state of rajasthanhence, this billnew delhi;sukhbir singh jaunapuriajuly 4, 2016 annexureextract  from the wild life (protection) act, 1972(53 of 1972)      prohibition of hunting9 no person shall hunt any wild animal specified in schedules i, ii, iii and iv except as provided under section 11 and section 12      ———— a billfurther to amend the wild life (protection) act, 1972————(shri sukhbir singh jaunapuria, mp )gmgipmrnd—1434ls(s3)—22-07-2016