Madhya Pradesh CM Announces Comprehensive Elephant Prevention Plan
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Madhya Pradesh CM Announces Comprehensive Elephant Prevention Plan

ABP News  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has announced a comprehensive strategy to prevent elephant deaths and human-elephant conflicts in the state. The plan includes the establishment of an elephant task force, implementation of radio tracking, and development of a long-term plan based on best practices from other states. The task force will work to safely accommodate elephants from other states, while radio tracking will be used to monitor lone elephants that do not move in herds. Multiple measures are being explored to prevent future incidents of elephant deaths and human conflicts, including the installation of solar fencing around agriculture farms and the deployment of radio tracking for lone elephants.

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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, …

Post Bandhavgarh elephant deaths, Madhya Pradesh to use satellite collars to track elephants
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Post Bandhavgarh elephant deaths, Madhya Pradesh to use satellite collars to track elephants

The Hindu  

The Madhya Pradesh Forest Department is considering to start using satellite collars on wild elephants in the State to track their movement in the wake of the deaths of 10 tuskers in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, forest officials said on Friday. Speaking to The Hindu, State’s Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests -Wildlife L. Krishnamoorthy said that the collars will …

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 …

Odisha government orders probe into 50 elephant deaths in six months
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Odisha government orders probe into 50 elephant deaths in six months

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The state government on Sunday ordered a detailed inquiry into the unnatural death of around 50 elephants in the last six months. Raising concern over the spate of elephant deaths, Forest and Environment Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia said responsibility will be fixed on officers found negligent and inefficient in safeguarding the life of the animals. Singhkhuntia directed the additional …

Odisha Forest Department radio-collars problematic elephants
2 months, 2 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 …

Study on elephant corridors in Tamil Nadu to be completed soon: Forest Minister
3 months, 1 week ago

Study on elephant corridors in Tamil Nadu to be completed soon: Forest Minister

The Hindu  

An ongoing study by experts on elephant corridors in Tamil Nadu, which were identified by a panel appointed by the State government, would be completed soon, said Forest Minister M. Mathiventhan in Coimbatore on Wednesday. The Minister was paying tribute to the forest staff, who died in the line of duty, at the martyrs’ column on the Tamil Nadu Forest …

Elephant task force: Elected representatives, planters and officers not impressed
2 years ago

Elephant task force: Elected representatives, planters and officers not impressed

The Hindu  

Elected representatives, locals and some officers have said that the constitution of the elephant task force, recently announced by the government, offers nothing new to tackle the acute man-elephant conflict in parts of southern Karnataka. Following two deaths, one each in Sakleshpur and Mudigere, the State Government announced task forces in Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Kodagu and Mysuru districts. Each force will …

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