Bengaluru: In the wake of back-to-back tragedy of wildlife deaths, Chief minister Siddaramaiah has given in-principle approval for the forest department's long-pending proposal to create a separate cadre of wildlife veterinarians, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre stated on Tuesday.

Khandre held a video conference with the heads of nine zoos after the toll of blackbucks dying due to Hemorrhagic septicemia, a bacterial infection, in Belagavi zoo reached 31. The deaths in the zoo followed several incidents of wildlife conflicts, including deaths of tigers, tiger cubs, in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts.

\"The chief minister has given in-principle approval to create a separate cadre and appoint 15 wildlife veterinarians,\" Khandre said in a statement.

It can be recalled that DH had on Oct

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