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 conflict and consequent death of humans and elephants. The Zone II will be treated as a co-existence zone, intending to increase habitat quality and viability and reduce conflict through long- term strategies, discourage destructive land-use practices, promote scientific eco-restoration of degraded forests and encourage wildlife-friendly land-use, thereby inducing elephants to stay within such areas for a year-long. Similarly, Zone III will be a Conflict Mitigation Zone where steps will be taken to reduce conflict through short-term strategies, minimize human and elephant deaths and to retain a minimum viable number of elephants as per social carrying capacity.

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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 …

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 to have South Asia’s first elephant centre for species survival
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Odisha to have South Asia’s first elephant centre for species survival

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: In a first-of-its-kind initiative that would support conservation of elephants in South and Southeast Asia, Odisha government has accepted a proposal for establishment a Centre for Species Survival of Asian Elephants near Bhubaneswar. The centre will not only enhance the protection of Asian elephants across 13 range countries in South and South East Asia including India but also be …

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, …

Odisha: Three elephants, including calf, electrocuted by illegal traps
1 month ago

Odisha: Three elephants, including calf, electrocuted by illegal traps

Deccan Chronicle  

The carcasses of three elephants, including a calf, were discovered on Monday in the Buramal area of Sambalpur's Naktideul forest range, reportedly victims of electrocution from illegal electric wire traps set by poachers targeting wild boars.The grim discovery was made after locals spotted the dead elephants and alerted forest officials, who rushed to the scene to investigate. They alleged that …

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 …

Elephant Fitness Certificate, 3-Days Rest, 3-Hrs Cap On Parading: Kerala HC Issues Directions To Prevent Cruelty During Temple Festivals
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1 month, 1 week ago

Elephant Fitness Certificate, 3-Days Rest, 3-Hrs Cap On Parading: Kerala HC Issues Directions To Prevent Cruelty During Temple Festivals

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has remarked that Elephants in Kerala are widely used in Temples in the name of tradition and religion but, in reality, it is a "commercial exploitation" without any care or concern for their well-being. The Division Bench of Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Gopinath P. thus issued certain directions for effective implementation of the Kerala Captive …

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 …

Three day estimation of elephants using state’s landscape
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Three day estimation of elephants using state’s landscape

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Chief wildlife warden Susanta Nanda on Tuesday said the Forest department will conduct a three-day estimation to assess the elephant populationthat uses the Odisha landscape. “A study carried out by Prof Raman Sukumar of Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc-Bangalore in 2018 revealed Odisha at best is suitable to hold around 1,600 to 1,700 elephants within the safe limit. Nanda …

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 …

Elephant Gravely Injured by Arrows in Odisha's Cuttack, With Rescue Team Working Round the Clock
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Elephant Gravely Injured by Arrows in Odisha's Cuttack, With Rescue Team Working Round the Clock

Deccan Chronicle  

A wild elephant is clinging to life in Odisha's Cuttack after being gravely injured by arrows. The wounded animal was discovered at Raghupani Bandh during a regular forest patrol, prompting immediate alerts to senior authorities. A team of forest officials successfully tranquilized the animal to initiate medical treatment. Veterinary experts and senior officials from Nandankanan Zoo in Bhubaneswar joined the …

Maharashtra Forest Officials Alert Border Crossing by Herd of Wild Elephants
1 month, 4 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 …

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. …

Meeting of elephant range States of southern India held in Coimbatore
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Meeting of elephant range States of southern India held in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

A meeting of the elephant range States of southern India to granulate the components of the regional action plan for comprehensive understanding and management of human elephant conflict was held in Coimbatore on September 05 and 06, 2024. Besides discussing the action plan for mitigation of human elephant conflict in southern States, the meeting organised by the Ministry of Environment, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

Farmers in Erode district’s Talavadi call for better elephant-proof measures to help decrease negative human-animal interactions
1 year ago

Farmers in Erode district’s Talavadi call for better elephant-proof measures to help decrease negative human-animal interactions

The Hindu  

With animal-human conflict in fringe villages continue to claim lives, both of humans and elephants, in addition to extensive crop damage caused, the Talavadi Farmers Association has called for the proper setting up of, and maintenance of elephant-proof trenches, streamlining of the compensation process for crop loss claims and scientific training for Anti-Depredation Squads to effectively drive elephants away from …

Elephant dies of electrocution in Gudalur forest range, seventh such death in the Nilgiris since 2016
1 year, 1 month ago

Elephant dies of electrocution in Gudalur forest range, seventh such death in the Nilgiris since 2016

The Hindu  

A male elephant died of electrocution in Puliyampara, in the Devarshola section of the Gudalur Forest Range on Friday morning. Mr. Omkaram, in a statement to The Hindu following the inspection, said that the elephant is known to generally inhabitat the O-Valley, Nadugani and Gudalur forest ranges. The elephant’s death is the latest in a series of incidents involving power …

Odisha lost 698 elephants, 48 leopards and 7 Royal Bengal tigers in last eight years
1 year, 2 months ago

Odisha lost 698 elephants, 48 leopards and 7 Royal Bengal tigers in last eight years

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneshwar: As many as 698 elephants, 48 leopards and seven Royal Bengal tigers died in Odisha between 2015-16 and September 25, 2023. Replying to a written query by ruling Biju Janata Dal member Prafulla Samal, he informed the House that the elephants and the big cats died due to multiple reasons, including diseases, electrocution, train accidents, road accidents, poaching and …

Karnataka: 22 die in human-animal conflicts since April
1 year, 3 months ago

Karnataka: 22 die in human-animal conflicts since April

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: From the month of April this year as many as 22 persons lost their lives in Karnataka after coming in conflict with wild animals including tigers, elephants, leopards, sloth bears, and wild boars, said Minister for Forests and Environment Eshwar Khadre. After a meeting with senior forest officials, Eshwar Khandre said that in the last five and half years, …

Two killed, one injured in elephant attack in Odisha’s Angul district
1 year, 4 months ago

Two killed, one injured in elephant attack in Odisha’s Angul district

Hindustan Times  

Two persons including a woman were trampled to death and one person was critically injured by a tusker on Thursday morning in Odisha’s Angul district, officials said. Two from Angul’s Pateli village were killed, and one from nearby Saharaguda village sustained critical injuries, they said. Following the elephant attack leading to the death of two persons, locals blocked the Angul-Bantala …

Understanding the frontier elephants
1 year, 4 months ago

Understanding the frontier elephants

The Hindu  

Elephants are not usually nocturnal beings. Elephants near human habitats, on the other hand, use large water bodies as refuge sites in the absence of forests around them and feed on nutritious crops for four to five hours at night. Frontier Elephants is a collaborative effort by like-minded people from the Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning, National Institute …

Putting Bannerghatta on the elephant conservation map
1 year, 4 months ago

Putting Bannerghatta on the elephant conservation map

The Hindu  

Bannerghatta National Park, a part of one of the largest scrub forests in India, covers an area of about 260 km sq and is only about 27 km from Bengaluru. The 2023 elephant census suggested the presence of about 127 elephants in the area which The Bannerghatta-Hosur area of the Eastern Ghats, which comprises three protected areas including the Bannerghatta …

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. …

Three Elephants Killed in Assam due to Electrocution
1 year, 4 months ago

Three Elephants Killed in Assam due to Electrocution

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: In a tragic incident at least three wild elephants, including two calves, who were hunting for food at a betel nut plantation in Assam's Kamrup district were electrocuted to death on Friday. Divisional Forest Officer of the Kamrup East division Rohini Saikia told reporters that a herd of wild elephants came to the area from a nearby jungle in …

Marauding elephants force tribals to flee Odisha’s Kaliapani
1 year, 5 months ago

Marauding elephants force tribals to flee Odisha’s Kaliapani

The Hindu  

Tired of repairing houses over and again after raiding elephants leave them damaged, all residents of a small tribal village have fled home and taken shelter in another village in Odisha’s Keonjhar district. Though Kaliapani is equipped with concrete roads and solar power, villagers could not lead a normal life in the face of regular invasions by aggressive wild elephants. …

A jumbo task at hand
1 year, 7 months ago

A jumbo task at hand

The Hindu  

Only four days ago, four elephants of a herd of 18 dwelling in the forest near Katragadda village of Bhamini mandal in Parvatipuram-Manyam district were electrocuted while moving in search of food and water. Brewing human-wildlife conflict At present, the combined population of wild elephants, both residents and migrants, in the Kaundinya sanctuary and the Seshachalam ranges of the Annamayya …

AP plans steps to ensure safe passage of elephants
1 year, 7 months ago

AP plans steps to ensure safe passage of elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Government is initiating several steps to ensure the safe passage of elephants that move in from Odisha, Karnataka and Tamil Naidu to AP districts on a regular basis. In compliance with the advice of the Project Elephant Steering Committee of the Wildlife Institute of India and also taking note of the observations of the Supreme Court, …

Elephant Corridors: Orissa High Court Stays Proceedings In Case Pending Before NGT
1 year, 7 months ago

Elephant Corridors: Orissa High Court Stays Proceedings In Case Pending Before NGT

Live Law  

Observing that parallel proceedings before National Green Tribunal and high court are not desirable, the Orissa High Court has stayed the proceedings before NGT in a case pertaining to elephant corridors till next date. On April 6, the NGT had granted one month time to the State for notifying the elephant corridors and warned that otherwise the authorities shall be …

NGT Warns Odisha State Authorities To Notify Elephant Corridors Or Face The Consequences
1 year, 8 months ago

NGT Warns Odisha State Authorities To Notify Elephant Corridors Or Face The Consequences

Live Law  

The Eastern Zone of National Green Tribunal has warned the Odisha State authorities to notify the elephant corridors, failing which the concerned authorities shall be liable under Section 26 of the National Green Tribunal Act. We are surprised that even after passage of two and a half years the State Government has not been able to notify the elephant corridors …

Elephant deaths continue unabated in Odisha, 8 deaths in March so far
1 year, 8 months ago

Elephant deaths continue unabated in Odisha, 8 deaths in March so far

The Hindu  

Notwithstanding court and National Green Tribunal orders concerning the safety of elephant population in Odisha’s famed wildlife sanctuaries, jumbos continue to perish in the State. March’s elephant death toll, the highest in four years, started with the discovery of an adult female’s carcass at Baghamunda Section of Purunakote Forest Range of Satkoshia Sanctuary on March 7. Mr. Mohanty said the …

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 …

Human deaths in man-elephant encounters in Odisha reach all-time high
1 year, 11 months ago

Human deaths in man-elephant encounters in Odisha reach all-time high

The Hindu  

As the Orissa High Court is scheduled to hold an important hearing on elephant deaths on January 18, the human deaths caused by man-elephant encounters in Odisha have reached an all-time high. From April 2019 to March 2020, 117 people died in man-elephant encounters, surpassing 115 human deaths recorded in a year. Dr. Sukumar said, “The Odisha Forest department should …

4 killed by elephant in Odisha; Toll reaches highest in man-elephant conflict
1 year, 11 months ago

4 killed by elephant in Odisha; Toll reaches highest in man-elephant conflict

Hindustan Times  

Four persons in Odisha’s Angul district were trampled to death by a tuskless male adult elephant on Saturday, taking the human casualty in man-elephant conflict to an all-time high in the state. Four men were trampled to death by a tuskless male adult elephant in Odisha’s Angul district. For unknown reasons, the elephant went on a rampage and killed four …

Explained | Are rhino and elephant conservation efforts a success?
2 years ago

Explained | Are rhino and elephant conservation efforts a success?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Greens worldwide called the Kaziranga National Park the greatest conservation success story in 2005 when it completed a century. According to the State of Rhino Report 2022, the poor-sighted herbivore’s number in Kaziranga is an estimated 2,613, more than 65% of its total population of 4,014 across 11 habitats in India and Nepal. According to Assam-based …

Mapping of elephant corridors not done ‘properly’ in Odisha, says wildlife expert Sukumar
2 years, 1 month ago

Mapping of elephant corridors not done ‘properly’ in Odisha, says wildlife expert Sukumar

The Hindu  

Amid reports of rampant elephant deaths due to man-elephant conflicts in Odisha, the Orissa High Court was informed that the mapping of the elephant corridors in the State had not been done ‘properly’. Highlighting several issues on the subject, Mr. Sukumar was very critical on the mapping of the elephant corridors of Odisha upon which the Odisha Chief Conservator of …

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