App that alerts humans to movement of wild elephants launched in India
4 months, 4 weeks ago

App that alerts humans to movement of wild elephants launched in India

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A northeastern state in India has launched a mobile app aimed at mitigating human-elephant conflict by alerting people to the movement of these animals around them. The Haathi app, designed by local biodiversity conservation group Aaranyak in Assam, was launched over the weekend by the state’s cabinet minister for power, sports and youth welfare, Nandita Gorlosa. The app is aimed at sharing early warning about the movement of wild elephants to help villagers avoid negative interface with the wild animals, said Aaranyak’s senior conservation scientist and the head of elephant research and conservation division, Bibhuti P Lahkar. This will help the people to be aware and the officials to take immediate action.” People watch a herd of wild Asiatic elephants wander through a paddy field at a village in Nagaon district of Assam, on 7 December 2023 Assam, home to 5,700 elephants, has the second highest elephant population in the country after Karnataka with 6,049.

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Karnataka plans to set up Elephant Soft Release Centre
4 weeks 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 …

Maharashtra Forest Officials Alert Border Crossing by Herd of Wild Elephants
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra Forest Officials Alert Border Crossing by Herd of Wild Elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

Maharashtra forest officials have alerted their counterparts in the Komaram Bheem Asifabad district regarding the movement of a herd of seven wild elephants near the state borders. The herd is heading toward Telangana and is currently in the Aheri area of the Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra, approximately 30 km from the Telangana border. Forest officials notified residents of bordering villages …

Mobile app launched to mitigate human-elephant conflicts in Assam
4 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Will the new wildlife rules accelerate illegal trade of India’s captive elephants | In Focus podcast
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Will the new wildlife rules accelerate illegal trade of India’s captive elephants | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The Indian government recently brought in an amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act with regard to captive elephants. This amendment, the rules for which came in last month, regulates the transfer or transport of captive elephants, and has sparked an outcry from animal rights activists. Captive elephants however, because of their historical role in India where they have been part …

Measures being taken to protect elephants in Tamil Nadu, says environment secy
1 year, 9 months ago

Measures being taken to protect elephants in Tamil Nadu, says environment secy

India Today  

Days after four elephants were electrocuted in two separate incidents, Tamil Nadu Environment Secretary Supriya Sahu stated such incidents should not have happened. In another incident, a male elephant died while it was trying to cross a bund and came in contact with a low-lying high tension wire of the Tamil Nadu electricity board and died. We have asked our …

Odisha comes up with comprehensive strategy to mitigate human-elephant conflict
1 year, 11 months ago

Odisha comes up with comprehensive strategy to mitigate human-elephant conflict

The Hindu  

The Odisha government has come up with a ‘comprehensive action plan for conservation of elephants and mitigation of human-elephant conflict’, a zonation approach to maintain a long-term viable population of 1700-1800 elephants in the State. According to the plan, which is part of an affidavit filed with Orissa High Court, steps will be taken to minimise the incidence of human-elephant …

Watch: Wild elephant angrily chases people after they try to scare it away in Assam
2 years, 1 month ago

Watch: Wild elephant angrily chases people after they try to scare it away in Assam

Hindustan Times  

A video of a wild elephant chasing off local people in Assam has surfaced on social media. The one-minute-long video shared by news agency ANI initially shows a herd of elephants roaming in human neighbourhoods on the margins of a forest. Sarat Das, Forest Range Officer, Rongjuli told ANI around 70 wild elephants are currently taking shelter in different parts …

‘Had they been alert’: Odisha officials suspended after elephant electrocuted
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Had they been alert’: Odisha officials suspended after elephant electrocuted

Hindustan Times  

Senior officials of the Odisha state forest department on Sunday suspended a forester and a woman forest guard of the Dadraghati forest section under the Dhenkanal forest division over dereliction of duties a day after a 10-year-old female elephant was found electrocuted in a village after coming in contact with a live electric wire apparently set by a poacher. The …

Forest officials chalk up plans to curb wild elephant trouble
2 years, 11 months ago

Forest officials chalk up plans to curb wild elephant trouble

Deccan Chronicle  

Vishakhapatanam: Forest officials have devised strategies to prevent wild elephants from entering human settlements and trampling people and destroying crops in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts. During the musth period, which usually lasts four or five months, elephants tend to grow more aggressive, said sources from the forest department. He said forest personnel are selectively interfering with the movement of elephants, …

Why electrocution is becoming a leading cause of death for elephants in India
3 years, 4 months ago

Why electrocution is becoming a leading cause of death for elephants in India

India Today  

India is home to around 27,300 wild elephants, over 50 per cent of the worldwide population of Asian elephant. Forest conservationists say that in a time of escalated human-wildlife conflicts, with wild elephant being killed across the country, a review of forest management policies at the government and community levels is required to save habitats. “The electrocution of wild elephant …

A farmers’ struggle in Sri Lanka, siding with elephants
3 years, 11 months ago

A farmers’ struggle in Sri Lanka, siding with elephants

The Hindu  

With rows of Sri Lankan flags fluttering in the morning breeze, it was not hard to spot the Independence Day event on Thursday in Walsapugala village, in the southern Hambantota district. “What does an Independence Day mean, when neither our farmers nor our elephants are free?” Mr. Samarawickrama’s organisation, and some 80 other farmer groups in the district, have been …

Stray elephants are getting electrocuted in outskirts
5 years, 4 months ago

Stray elephants are getting electrocuted in outskirts

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: Kuttampuzha, in the eastern outskirts of Ernakulam, is witnessing straying of wild elephants into populated areas and many of them being electrocuted in the process. This is third elephant to die in the season in these parts and every monsoon season many elephants are electrocuted in these areas though the government estimates in the region put it at six …

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