Taming trunks and tempers: Research initiatives from the State to mitigate conflicts
1 year, 4 months ago

Taming trunks and tempers: Research initiatives from the State to mitigate conflicts

The Hindu  

Data from the latest elephant census report released by the Karnataka Government on August 9 must have been music to the ears of jumbo lovers. Mindless urban expansion at the cost of forest cover and elephant habitats, and infrastructural developments blocking movement of elephants have forced behavioural changes in elephants and increased instances of humans being exposed to the beasts. According to data from the Union Environment Ministry, 112 people died in Karnataka in the last four years as a result of elephant attacks. Across India, more than 1,500 people lost lives in the last three years due to elephant attacks, and 494 elephants were killed due to train accidents, electrocution, poaching, and poisoning in the last five years. The numbers may look bleak, but the silver lining is that a bunch of researchers from Bengaluru and Karnataka are leading initiatives that strive to mitigate instances of human-elephant conflicts with the help of research, data, science and technology.

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Human-animal conflict death triggers protests in Kerala
1 week ago

Human-animal conflict death triggers protests in Kerala

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: In Kuttampuzha panchayat of Ernakulam district, public protests erupted after a 40-year-old man was fatally trampled by a wild elephant on Monday night. Angry local residents accused forest officials of failing to address the escalating human-animal conflict in the area. In response, the local community, spearheaded by the People's Committee, organized a protest march to the forest department office …

MLA wants Karnataka government to allow shooting at elephants entering farm land
1 week, 4 days ago

MLA wants Karnataka government to allow shooting at elephants entering farm land

India Today  

Harish Poonja, a BJP MLA from Karnataka’s Belthangady constituency, made a request on the Legislative Assembly floor. Discussing the challenges faced by farmers due to wild elephants destroying their crops, Poonja said: “Give a chance to the farmers. There is a law and as an MLA you have to make people understand what that law is,” Khandre told Poonja regarding …

Karnataka plans to set up Elephant Soft Release Centre
1 week, 5 days ago

Karnataka plans to set up Elephant Soft Release Centre

Deccan Chronicle  

Belagavi: In a move to tackle the menace of wild elephants in Kodagu and Hassan districts, the state government is making efforts to establish an Elephant Soft Release Centre over 2,000 hectares near these regions. The Minister said that daily patrols are being conducted in affected areas, and local residents are being informed about elephant movements through public announcements via …

Chhattisgarh Mining Crisis Forces Elephants Into Deadly Human Conflicts
2 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh Mining Crisis Forces Elephants Into Deadly Human Conflicts

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 10, 2024 23:11 IST - 10 MINS READ The Last Migration, an award-winning short film by Mike Pandey, famously depicted the journey of elephants from Bihar to Sarguja district in Chhattisgarh, braving forest fires and human interference along the way. Nitin Singhvi, a wildlife activist who filed a petition in the Chhattisgarh High Court in 2018 against …

Odisha's winter elephant census reveals population, seasonal movements
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Odisha's winter elephant census reveals population, seasonal movements

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The All Odisha Elephant Census 2024 has revealed that 2,103 elephants, including 474 males and 1,030 females, currently inhabit the Odisha landscape. The census, conducted over three days from November 14 to 16 across 48 forest and wildlife divisions, also highlighted significant inter-state movements of elephants, particularly from Jharkhand and West Bengal, during the cold season. The latest census …

Union govt to provide money to Madhya Pradesh to protect elephants
1 month ago

Union govt to provide money to Madhya Pradesh to protect elephants

Hindustan Times  

The Union government was expected to provide money to Madhya Pradesh under the Tiger Conservation Fund to protect elephants in the state, where 11 elephants died in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve due to consumption of fungi-infected Kodo millet Eleven elephants died in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve due to consumption of fungi-infected Kodo millet. Elephants occasionally crossed Madhya Pradesh as they moved from …

Odisha HC directs PCCF’s appearance in elephant death case
1 month ago

Odisha HC directs PCCF’s appearance in elephant death case

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: Taking serious note of the death of three elephants due to electrocution in poachers’ trap at Naktideul under Rairakhol forest division of Sambalpur district, the Orissa High Court on Tuesday directed personal appearance of PCCF-Wildlife on November 26. Initiating suo motu proceedings on the matter, the division bench of Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and Justice Savitri Ratho said, …

First winter count report of elephants to be unveiled by Nov 27
1 month, 1 week ago

First winter count report of elephants to be unveiled by Nov 27

New Indian Express  

He said the Odisha Elephant Census 2024 report of the Forest and Environment Department, released in June, had pegged the total elephant population in the state at 2,098 which was 122 more than the previous count of 1,976 in 2017. A herd of 121 elephants from neighbouring states, primarily West Bengal, has already entered the Baripada division in November first …

600 elephants dead since 2019, where Odisha, Bengal may be erring
1 month, 1 week ago

600 elephants dead since 2019, where Odisha, Bengal may be erring

India Today  

On November 3, Odisha forest minister Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia ordered a probe into the rampant elephant deaths in the state, directing additional chief secretary Satyabrata Sahu to conduct a division-wise investigation. Both the deaths of elephants and human fatalities from conflict with them have been major challenges in the forested areas of Odisha as well as West Bengal. Under Odisha’s …

Post- tusker deaths, MP constitutes panel for elephant management
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Post- tusker deaths, MP constitutes panel for elephant management

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: The state forest department has constituted a committee for management of elephants in Madhya Pradesh in the wake of the recent death of ten elephants in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in MP. “We will study the best practices in elephant management in other states and put in place a system for effective management of the wild elephants in Madhya …

Ten Elephants Dead in Madhya Pradesh: Initial Report Suggests Poisoning
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ten Elephants Dead in Madhya Pradesh: Initial Report Suggests Poisoning

India Today  

Ten elephants have died in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, with initial reports suggesting poisoning. The deaths have sparked an investigation by the state government, National Tiger Conservation Authority, and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau. Authorities remain on high alert, increasing patrols and monitoring nearby elephant herds to prevent similar incidents.

Two Elephant Herds Cause Panic in Parvatipuram-Manyam District
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Two Elephant Herds Cause Panic in Parvatipuram-Manyam District

The Hindu  

Two elephant herds causing panic among people of Parvatipuram-Manyam district of Andhra Pradesh have led to a sense of urgency among the local residents. The incident has resulted in the death of a 74-year-old farmer and caused widespread damage to crops. The district forest officer has been tracking the movements of the elephants to prevent further untoward incidents, while the …

Odisha Forest Department radio-collars problematic elephants
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha Forest Department radio-collars problematic elephants

New Indian Express  

ROURKELA: With three solitary tuskers posing threat to human lives and property in Bonai forest division of the district, forest officials radio-collared two of them while efforts are underway to cover the third jumbo by Wednesday night. Sources in the Forest department said one of the problematic elephants was successfully tranquillised and radio-collared at a forest patch of Dharani Dhar …

4 trampled to death by elephant in separate incidents in Odisha district: Official
2 months, 4 weeks ago

4 trampled to death by elephant in separate incidents in Odisha district: Official

Hindustan Times  

Four people were killed after an elephant trampled them in the past three days in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, forest and wildlife officials said on Thursday. On Tuesday, three others, including two men and a woman, were killed while two others sustained injuries in a similar elephant attack in three separate places in Betnoti, Deuli and Rasgovindpur areas of the district. …

Two killed, three hurt in jumbo attacks, panic in Odisha villages
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Two killed, three hurt in jumbo attacks, panic in Odisha villages

New Indian Express  

BARIPADA: Panic has spread across Betnoti, Deuli, and Rasgovindpur ranges in Mayurbhanj district as two persons were killed and three others injured in separate elephant attacks on Tuesday. A herd of 50 elephants, split between groups of 28 and 22, is creating havoc in Rasgovindpur range after migrating from Deuli and Betnoti ranges. The injured include Sanga Mohanta of Uludihi, …

Karnataka has lost more than 280 elephants in the last three years
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka has lost more than 280 elephants in the last three years

The Hindu  

Karnataka, which has the largest elephant population in the country, has, in the last three years, lost more than 280 jumbos, of which over 30 have died due to electrocution. On June 11, the Dasara elephant Ashwathama died at its camp in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve also due to electrocution after it came in contact with a solar fence. Over the …

Centre seeks report as elephant dies in mob attack in Bengal
4 months ago

Centre seeks report as elephant dies in mob attack in Bengal

Hindustan Times  

The Union environment ministry has sought a detailed report from West Bengal chief wildlife warden Debal Ray on the brutal killing of an adult female elephant with a flaming spear by a mob in the state’s Jhargram district last week, officials said, as the incident triggered an outrage and renewed calls among activists for improved mechanisms to protect animals and …

How many elephants does India have? You will probably know by June 2025
4 months, 1 week ago

How many elephants does India have? You will probably know by June 2025

Firstpost  

India, which is home to more than 60 per cent of the world’s wild Asian elephants, has been conducting five-year elephant censuses since 2022, but this year it has got delayed A new methodology for conducting elephant census was announced on 2021. India will have to wait until June next year for the results of the latest elephant census, as …

World Elephant Day: How railway tracks have become graveyards for jumbos in India
4 months, 1 week ago

World Elephant Day: How railway tracks have become graveyards for jumbos in India

Firstpost  

India has lost at least 200 elephants to train collisions in the past decade. File Photo/AFP Last December, a pregnant elephant and her female calf were hit by a train when they were crossing a track near Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani. Sensors near railway tracks alert railway administration and the forest department about elephant movement, which helps …

Mobile app launched to mitigate human-elephant conflicts in Assam
4 months, 1 week ago

Mobile app launched to mitigate human-elephant conflicts in Assam

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: Aaranyak, a biodiversity organisation in Assam has developed a mobile application to mitigate the problem of human-elephant conflicts. Bibhuti P Lahkar, who is the head of Elephant Research and Conservation Division of Aaranyak, told TNIE, that the app was launched to save human and elephant lives. Explaining its features, he said, “If someone comes across a wild elephant at …

Census in South Reveals Andhra Pradesh Has 142–148 Elephants
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Census in South Reveals Andhra Pradesh Has 142–148 Elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh has an elephant population ranging between 142–148, a census carried out in the four southern states of Tamil Naidu, Karnataka, Kerala and AP has revealed. Forest authorities of the four states carried out a synchronised census to find out the number of elephants present in their respective states. Additional principal conservator of forests Shantipriya Pande said for …

3 of family, neighbour trampled to death by wild elephant in C’garh: Officials
4 months, 2 weeks ago

3 of family, neighbour trampled to death by wild elephant in C’garh: Officials

Hindustan Times  

Raipur: At least four people, including three of a family, were killed after they came under attack from a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur, officials aware of the incident said. Officials said that the incident took place in the Gamhriya area of Bagicha Nagar Panchayat on the intervening night of Friday. Jitendra Upadhyay, divisional forest officer Jashpur division, said that …

Karnataka to send eight trained elephants to Andhra to drive away wild tuskers
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka to send eight trained elephants to Andhra to drive away wild tuskers

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka government on Thursday agreed to send eight Kumki elephants along with mahouts to Andhra Pradesh to help it drive away wild elephants that have been wreaking havoc in the forests of Chittoor and also north Andhra districts of Srikakulam and Vizianagaram. Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister and forest minister Pawan Kalyan being felicitated by Karnataka forest minister Eshwar …

Year-On-Year Increase In Human Deaths Caused By Elephants And Tigers Kerala Wild Animal Human Conflict Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change
5 months ago

Year-On-Year Increase In Human Deaths Caused By Elephants And Tigers Kerala Wild Animal Human Conflict Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change

ABP News  

The Union Government on Monday reported an alarming rise in the number of deaths caused by wild animal attacks in Kerala over the past five years. In response to an unstarred question by MPs K Radhakrishnan and Anto Antony, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, provided detailed statistics on fatalities …

Wild jumbos claim one more life in Idukki
5 months ago

Wild jumbos claim one more life in Idukki

New Indian Express  

IDUKKI: Wild elephants claimed one more life in Idukki, this time of a 47-year-old tribal community member. Frequent wild elephant incursions in Munnar forest division have disrupted the life of residents in the area. The other deaths are: March 4: A 70-year-old woman trampled to death by a wild elephant at Kanjiraveli near Adimaly under the Neriamangalam forest range February …

845 elephant deaths recorded in Kerala in eight years
5 months ago

845 elephant deaths recorded in Kerala in eight years

The Hindu  

Kerala’s forests have recorded 845 elephant deaths between 2015 and 2023 with studies indicating an increasing trend in death rate over time. The population estimation report underscores the need to restore natural habitats and prevent fragmentation of elephant herds to prevent EEHV-HD from becoming a major threat to the survival of Asian elephants in the region. Recognising the need for …

Nine trained elephants to protect Nallamala forest from intruders
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nine trained elephants to protect Nallamala forest from intruders

New Indian Express  

ONGOLE : A herd of nine trained elephants will soon be deployed in the Nallamala reserve forest to protect the flora and fauna from external dangers. In this backdrop, the Nallamala forest officials have requested the Karnataka State Forest Department to send a herd of nine trained elephants to safeguard the interior parts of the reserve forest. Enhanced security measures …

Wild elephant electrocuted to death in Tripura
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Wild elephant electrocuted to death in Tripura

Hindustan Times  

A wild elephant was electrocuted to death on Monday after it came in contact with a live electric transmission line in Matrangibari area on Amarpur-Udaipur road in Gomati district of Tripura. We can know the exact reason of death after receiving the postmortem report,” a forest department official told reporters. The state government had recently announced several initiatives, including digging …

Wild elephant tramples farmer to death in Chittoor
6 months, 1 week ago

Wild elephant tramples farmer to death in Chittoor

New Indian Express  

CHITTOOR : The persistent issue of human-wildlife conflict in Chittoor district claimed another life as an elephant trampled a person to death in Ramakuppam mandal. Despite multiple complaints to forest officials, farmers lamented the lack of effective preventive measures. In response, forest officials asserted their efforts to mitigate conflicts, citing the deployment of drum-beaters and trackers to drive elephants back …

Elephant population in Andhra Pradesh estimated to be in range of 120 to 142
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant population in Andhra Pradesh estimated to be in range of 120 to 142

The Hindu  

The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department has put the elephant population in the State in the range between 120 and 142. “Although only 51 elephants have been sighted during the exercise, the elephant population in Andhra Pradesh is estimated to be more than double the figure,” said Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Chiranjiv Choudhary. A majority of the elephants were sighted …

Dhenkanal records highest 239 elephants in Odisha
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Dhenkanal records highest 239 elephants in Odisha

New Indian Express  

DHENKANAL: The All Odisha Elephant Census 2024 by the Forest department has revealed presence of around 239 jumbos in Dhenkanal forest division, the highest in the state this year. Divisional forest officer Sumit Kar said the number includes the floating population which comes to around 50 to 60. Since Dhenkanal borders Keonjhar, Cuttack, Athagarh, Satkosia and Angul forest divisions, these …

90-110 resident jumbos in Chittoor forests
6 months, 3 weeks ago

90-110 resident jumbos in Chittoor forests

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: The three-day synchronised elephant census conducted in the forest areas of Chittoor East and West, Kuppam, Palamaner and other ranges of the Chittoor district has quantified the current number of resident jumbos between 90 and 110. The synchronised elephant population estimation exercise was conducted from May 23 to May 25 in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as …

Action plan for TG forests to tackle wild elephants menace
7 months ago

Action plan for TG forests to tackle wild elephants menace

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The forest department in Telangana has prepared an action plan to deal with the menace of wild elephants straying in during the monsoon season for food and water from bordering Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh states. A sub-adult male elephant entered the Kagaznagar forest division by crossing the River Pranahitha from Gadchiroli and trampled two farmers to death in the first …

Synchronised elephant population estimation exercise begins in STR and Erode Forest Division
7 months ago

Synchronised elephant population estimation exercise begins in STR and Erode Forest Division

The Hindu  

A synchronised elephant population estimation exercise that aims at preventing human-elephant conflict and developing management strategies began in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve and Erode Forest Division, here on Thursday, May 23, 2024. K. Sudhakar, Deputy Director of STR and District Forest Officer of Hasanur Division said the exercise began at 30 beats in which 120 staff were involved. Kulal Yogesh Vilas, …

Elephant census begins in Kerala on May 23
7 months ago

Elephant census begins in Kerala on May 23

The Hindu  

As many as 1,300 Forest officials and watchers will begin a three- day elephant census in the four elephant reserves in Kerala on Thursday as part of a synchronised elephant population estimation study in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Chief Wildlife warden D.Jayaprasad said Forest officials and watchers who had received training would fan out across 610 sample …

How the move to revive elephant corridors has become a political problem in Tamil Nadu
7 months ago

How the move to revive elephant corridors has become a political problem in Tamil Nadu

Hindustan Times  

The Tamil Nadu government's initiative to restore all the traditional elephant corridors in the state to facilitate unrestricted movement of wildlife without running into conflict with humans has become a flashpoint with major political parties and prominent farmers' organisations objecting to the plan. The plan Last year, the state government constituted an expert panel to identify elephant corridors in the …

Wild elephant that killed 2 in Telangana tramples 3 more in Gadchiroli
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Wild elephant that killed 2 in Telangana tramples 3 more in Gadchiroli

Hindustan Times  

NAGPUR: A wild elephant strayed into south Gadchiroli’s Bhamragarh region and trampled three people to death including two women over the last five days, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. A herd of 23 elephants entered the eastern Maharashtra district of Gadchiroli from Chhattisgarh’s Bastar forests in 2021 Gadchiroli circle conservator of forests Ramesh Kumar said the male …

Man killed in elephant attack in Karnataka's Kodagu district
8 months, 1 week ago

Man killed in elephant attack in Karnataka's Kodagu district

Hindustan Times  

A 63-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant on Monday morning in Biruga village in the Ponnampet forest range of Kodagu district, according to forest officials. In past several months, the Kodagu district has faced significant challenges due to wild elephant encounters. Forest officials intervened to calm the situation but villagers expressed frustration over the lack of …

Why a tri-state pact between Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu is good news for wildlife
9 months ago

Why a tri-state pact between Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu is good news for wildlife

Hindustan Times  

The agreement between three southern states to harmonise coexistence with wildlife is the first of its kind in the country. Along with Dixit, PCCFs from the other two states — D Jayaprasad of Kerala and Srinivas Reddy of Tamil Nadu — aim to develop a standardised framework, including a unified standard operating procedure to address conflict, as well as a …

Human-wildlife conflicts: Karnataka, Kerala ink pact
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Human-wildlife conflicts: Karnataka, Kerala ink pact

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: In order to contain the increasing number of human encounters with wildlife, the forest departments of Kerala and Karnataka on Sunday inked an interstate agreement to collaborate closely to mitigate the challenges posed by wild animals encroaching into human settlements, according to officials aware of the development. The agreement focuses on several key aspects, including identifying the root causes …

Odisha sees record human deaths in wild elephant encounters
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha sees record human deaths in wild elephant encounters

The Hindu  

The number of human deaths in encounters with wild elephants in Odisha has increased to 149 during the year 2023-24, recording an all-time high human casualties in the current fiscal. Mr. Mohanty pointed out that Odisha was the leading State in losing humans to wild elephants in the country despite having lower elephant population compared to States such as Karnataka, …

Wild elephant tramples woman to death at Kanjiraveli in Idukki district
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Wild elephant tramples woman to death at Kanjiraveli in Idukki district

The Hindu  

A 70-year-old woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Kanjiraveli, near Adimaly, under the Neriamangalam forest range on Monday morning. A senior Forest department official said that on Monday morning, a herd of wild elephants entered the Neendapara area under the Neriamangalam forest range. Five deaths in 2 months Within two months, five people lost their lives …

Elephant kills man in Kerala, third incident in a month
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Elephant kills man in Kerala, third incident in a month

India Today  

A 44-year-old man was killed by a wild elephant near the tourist town of Munnar in Kerala's Idukki district. This is the third such incident in the state within a month after two people died in Wayanad amid increasing incidents of human-animal conflicts. Police said the victim of the latest attack that occurred on Monday night at the Kannimala estate …

TN, Kerala to relocate elephants, but we don’t seek compensation: Officials
10 months ago

TN, Kerala to relocate elephants, but we don’t seek compensation: Officials

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The communication of Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre to Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi that on the latter’s advice, Rs 15 lakh compensation has been given to the family of a man killed by an elephant in Kerala has been questioned by officials from the department and experts. In the letter, Khandre has acknowledged that forest boundaries are shrinking,” said …

Elephants trample to death 2 Asha workers on Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border
10 months ago

Elephants trample to death 2 Asha workers on Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: Forest officials said, elephants were spotted around Gummalapur, Anniyallu, and Gandi areas for the past few days Two women were trampled to death by elephants in the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border village of Anniala while they working on an estate on Sunday morning, said Anekal range forest officer Bharat Kumar. “The incident occurred around 8am in Tamil Nadu’s village that …

Human activities should be curbed to resolve 'animal-human conflict'
10 months ago

Human activities should be curbed to resolve 'animal-human conflict'

New Indian Express  

Kerala is caught in a heated man-versus-wild debate after two back-to-back deaths due to elephant attacks in Wayanad district. While a 47-year-old farmer was trampled to death by a wild elephant that strayed from Karnataka forests on February 10, a 50-year-old man died on February 16 after being attacked by a tusker. In 2024 alone, six people have died in …

Human-elephant conflict: Karnataka forest department trying out-of-box solutions
11 months ago

Human-elephant conflict: Karnataka forest department trying out-of-box solutions

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: To control an increasing number of man-elephant conflicts, the Karnataka forest department is looking at out-of-the-box solutions. Explaining the method, BNP Director Prabhakar Priyadarshi said the sensors are being installed in the forest patches of Harohalli range. “We are also installing a solar smart sensor watch mechanism, where staffers will get alerts on their mobile phones once the solar …

Odisha government seeks urgent deployment of kumki elephants from Tamil Nadu
11 months ago

Odisha government seeks urgent deployment of kumki elephants from Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The Odisha government has sought assistance of Tamil Nadu for making kumki elephants and mahouts available in the wake of worsening human-elephant conflict in the eastern State. Odisha’s Additional Chief Secretary Satyabrata Sahu wrote a letter to his Tamil Nadu counterpart Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary stating: “In recent years, we have been facing significant challenges in mitigating human-elephant conflicts. …

CRAR, FIAPO term capture and relocation of elephants in Hassan ‘unscientific’ and ‘ineffective’
11 months ago

CRAR, FIAPO term capture and relocation of elephants in Hassan ‘unscientific’ and ‘ineffective’

The Hindu  

The Centre for Research on Animal Rights and the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organizations have urged the Karnataka government to stop the capture of wild elephants in the human-elephant conflict zone in Hassan. Alok Hisarwala, founder of CRAR, said that the capture of elephants from the wild was an egregious exercise of the power embedded in Section 11 of …

Elephant herd creates traffic jam on Bengaluru's Nice road: Report
11 months ago

Elephant herd creates traffic jam on Bengaluru's Nice road: Report

Hindustan Times  

Traffic congestion on Bengaluru’s Nice Road was observed in the early hours of Saturday after a herd of elephants tried crossing the road around the Bannerghatta National Park area. The officials reportedly tried to drive back elephants into the forest and cleared the traffic. Elephant herd creates traffic jam on Bengaluru's Nice road: Report/ PIC FOR REPRESENTATION Also Road - …

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