Alapuzha (Kerala) [India], October 12 (ANI): Kerala Agriculture Minister P Prasad has said that permitting people to consume wild boar meat could help curb the increasing menace of wild boars damaging farmlands across the State.

The minister made the remark on Saturday while inaugurating a local project implemented by the Paalamel village panchayat in Alapuzha to protect farmlands from wild animal attacks.

"The wild boar menace has reached a point where the animals are attacking people in several areas. My personal opinion is that if people are allowed to eat the boars they kill, the problem would end quickly. But, due to central laws, that is not possible. Wild boar s are not an endangered species," the minister said.

During the event, Minister Prasad publicly rebuked forest de

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