Eshwar Khandre promises permanent solution to end human-elephant conflict
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Eshwar Khandre promises permanent solution to end human-elephant conflict

The Hindu  

Minister for Forests Eshwar Khandre on Monday assured people affected by the elephant menace that the State government will find a permanent solution to end human-elephant conflict in Hassan district. Elephant camp The Minister said that the government would set up an elephant camp in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, and elephants that were causing trouble in parts of Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, and Kodagu districts would be captured and shifted to the proposed camp. Further, he said that the department would strengthen the elephant task force in the district and set up offices in Belur and Sakaleshpur. The Minister also said that the department would soon capture four trouble-causing elephants.

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Forest Department captures another tusker in Hassan
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1 day, 12 hours ago

Forest Department captures another tusker in Hassan

The Hindu  

The Forest Department successfully captured a tusker, identified by local people as Vikranth, aged about 30 to 35 at Byadane village of Belagodu hobli in Sakaleshpur taluk on Thursday. “However, this time the officials and staff members of the Hassan District’s Elephant Task Force and rapid response team succeeded in capturing it,” said Sourabh Kumar, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Hassan. …

Forest Department captures trouble-causing elephant in Hassan district
5 days, 16 hours ago

Forest Department captures trouble-causing elephant in Hassan district

The Hindu  

The Forest Department captured a trouble-causing tusker with the help of tamed elephants at a private estate in Somanahalli in Bikkodu hobli of Belur taluk in Hassan district on Sunday. The Elephant Task Force conducted the operation following the protests by the people of Belur in the wake of recent deaths in elephant attacks. The department decided to conduct the …

One more person dies in elephant attack in Hassan district
1 week ago

One more person dies in elephant attack in Hassan district

The Hindu  

A woman died after she was attacked by a wild elephant at Bommenahalli in Arehalli hobli of Belur taluk in Hassan district on Friday. The repeated incidents of elephant attack in Hassan district have left people in parts of Alur, Sakleshpur, and Belur taluks worried, including plantation workers. Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre visited Hassan on March 3 and held a …

Death in elephant attack: Residents observe Arehalli bandh, demand permanent solution to human-elephant conflict
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Death in elephant attack: Residents observe Arehalli bandh, demand permanent solution to human-elephant conflict

The Hindu  

Residents of Arehalli, a hobli headquarter in Belur taluk of Hassan, observed bandh on Tuesday condemning the death of a youth in the elephant attack at neighbouring village Byadane on the previous day. Death due to attack Anil Kumar, 28, an agricultural labourer, died in an elephant attack on Monday evening. Later, the local people had declared to observe Arehalli …

Forest Department continues to monitor wild elephant near Coimbatore
1 month ago

Forest Department continues to monitor wild elephant near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The Forest Department is continuing to monitor a male wild elephant that allegedly trampled two persons to death and caused damages to properties in villages bordering forests. Field staff from Coimbatore and Periyanaickenpalayam forest ranges have been tasked to monitor the movement of the elephant, following demands from certain sections of farmers for its translocation. An official from the Department …

AP awaiting arrival of kumki elephants from Karnataka
2 months, 3 weeks ago

AP awaiting arrival of kumki elephants from Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh government is eagerly waiting for the arrival of kumki elephants from Karnataka to control the wild elephants that have destroyed crops and trampled to death people in Parvathipuram Manyam, Chittoor, Tirupati and Annamaiah districts. Ahead of that, AP forest officials from rank of DFO to mahouts and kavadis have undergone training on how to handle the wild …

Forest Department monitoring movements of wild elephant on the loose in Udhagamandalam
3 months ago

Forest Department monitoring movements of wild elephant on the loose in Udhagamandalam

The Hindu  

Following instances of negative interactions between people and a wild elephant in Cherambadi, the Forest Department is monitoring the elephant’s movements in the region. The Nilgiris district administration said that more than 75 personnel from the Forest Department are involved in monitoring the elephant, headed by an official of the rank Assistant Conservator of Forest and Forest Ranger. Forest Department …

Chhattisgarh Mining Crisis Forces Elephants Into Deadly Human Conflicts
3 months, 1 week 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 …

Watch: Wild elephant chases task force jeep in Hassan, team escapes by inches
3 months, 1 week ago

Watch: Wild elephant chases task force jeep in Hassan, team escapes by inches

India Today  

A tense situation gripped Muvvala village, Hassan district in Karnataka, when a wild elephant aggressively chased a forest department jeep, leading the Elephant Task Force personnel to narrowly escape by reversing the vehicle at high speed. The aggression is believed to have been triggered by a radio collaring operation conducted the previous day on an older female elephant in the …

Union govt to provide money to Madhya Pradesh to protect elephants
4 months 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 …

Post- tusker deaths, MP constitutes panel for elephant management
4 months, 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 …

Andhra Pradesh: Elephant shelter proposed in Manyam dist
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh: Elephant shelter proposed in Manyam dist

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Parvathipuram Manyam district forest officer G.A.P. She issued a statement on Thursday stating, “This initiative aims to confine elephants to a specific area, thereby reducing the likelihood of crop damage, human fatalities, injuries, and livestock deaths caused by elephant encounters.” Prasuna highlighted that crop losses due to elephant attacks have been estimated at around Rs 13 crore since 2018, …

Mobile app launched to mitigate human-elephant conflicts in Assam
7 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 …

Karnataka to send eight trained elephants to Andhra to drive away wild tuskers
7 months, 1 week 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 …

Action plan for TG forests to tackle wild elephants menace
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Human-elephant conflict: Karnataka forest department trying out-of-box solutions
1 year, 1 month 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
1 year, 1 month 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. …

Farmers in Erode district’s Talavadi call for better elephant-proof measures to help decrease negative human-animal interactions
1 year, 3 months 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 …

‘Permanent solution to human-elephant conflict elusive’: Vinod Krishnan
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Permanent solution to human-elephant conflict elusive’: Vinod Krishnan

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 26, 2023 10:35 IST Wildlife conservationist Vinod Krishnan worked with Nature Conservation Foundation and studied the human-elephant conflict in Hassan for six years. With so much at stake, the KETF recommended a zone-based conservation approach and designated Hassan an “Elephant Removal Zone”. Coupled with Rapid Response Teams and radio collaring of a few elephants by the forest …

Foresters plan ways to curb tusker menace in north Andhra
2 years, 3 months ago

Foresters plan ways to curb tusker menace in north Andhra

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Foresters here are planning new ways to deal with elephant menace in the region as the herds stray into villages and eat away crops like sugarcane, paddy, plantains, vegetables etc, causing huge loss to farmers. A nine-member herd including a male and two calves were seen moving around the villages and forest areas in Palakonda, Parvathipuram, Kurupam and Pathapatnam …

Mapping of elephant corridors not done ‘properly’ in Odisha, says wildlife expert Sukumar
2 years, 4 months 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 …

Mitigating human-elephant conflict key challenge this World Elephant Day
2 years, 7 months ago

Mitigating human-elephant conflict key challenge this World Elephant Day

The Hindu  

World Elephant Day will be celebrated on Friday bringing into focus the challenging task of ensuring the jumbos’ conservation amidst habitat destruction and disturbance and the resultant increase in human-elephant conflict. In Hassan division alone, the department has captured and rehabilitated 74 wild animals in the last 22 years while elephant deaths due to natural and unnatural causes are manifold …

All three human deaths in O’Valley caused by different elephants, say officials
2 years, 8 months ago

All three human deaths in O’Valley caused by different elephants, say officials

The Hindu  

Forest Department officials confirmed that all three human deaths in O’Valley in Gudalur over the last two months were caused by three different elephants, and not by a single tusker, as alleged by local residents. “Local residents are demanding that the Forest Department capture the tusker known as OVT-1, alleging that this elephant is responsible for all three deaths,” said …

Forest officials chalk up plans to curb wild elephant trouble
3 years, 2 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, …

A farmers’ struggle in Sri Lanka, siding with elephants
4 years, 1 month 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 …

Kin of Odisha elephant attack victims to receive speedy compensation, says Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Debabrata Swain
6 years, 7 months ago

Kin of Odisha elephant attack victims to receive speedy compensation, says Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Debabrata Swain

Firstpost  

The PCCF stressed the need for awareness programmes in schools, colleges and villages to reduce man-elephant conflict in Odisha. Baripada: Concrete steps would be taken for speedy disbursement of compensation to the families of those killed in elephant attacks in Odisha, a senior forest official has said. Quick disbursement of compensation would also be made for crop loss due to …

Give way to elephants
7 years, 4 months ago

Give way to elephants

The Hindu  

For over a decade, Wildlife Trust of India has been working on the Right of Passage-National Elephant Corridors Project towards securing elephant corridors in India. To further the cause, WTI in partnership with the Government of India’s Project and Elephant and Partners, has initiated the Gaj Yatra Campaign, a 15-month awareness campaign on the importance of securing elephant corridors. “The …

In Assam’s forests, human-elephant conflict has no winners
8 years, 2 months ago

In Assam’s forests, human-elephant conflict has no winners

Hindustan Times  

Shalini Chhetri had ventured into Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary close to her home at Batahghuli in Panjabari area of Guwahati, a day prior to Christmas, to fetch grass for her goats. Assam, which has the highest number of wild elephants in India—up from 5,246 in 2002 to 5,620 in 2011—and over one third of area under forests, has witnessed hundreds of …

Elephant herd kills man in Tripura
10 years, 10 months ago

Elephant herd kills man in Tripura

The Hindu  

A herd of wild elephants on a rampage killed a man and destroyed crops in Khowai district of Tripura. Bhupendra Debbarma, 35, of Godaibari village in Kalyanpur police station limit died at the GB Panth hospital in Agartala where he was admitted after sustaining grave injuries in an attack by the elephants on Thursday. Forest department is conducting a probe …

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