The Tamil Nadu Forest Department will give a third chance to a crop-raider makhna that was translocated from Dharmapuri to Anamalai Tiger Reserve in February, to live in the wild. The ongoing effort to capture and translocate the elephant for a third time, as it has been entering villages near Pollachi, will give the animal yet another chance to live …
Baahubali, a wild elephant known for entering villages around Mettupalayam, near Coimbatore, to raid crops, continues to be chased by people and Forest Department staff with firecrackers in violation of a direction from the Madras High Court in 2021, nature enthusiasts have alleged. Though the PVC scare gun is designed to scare wild animals with the loud bang, when damp …
The Forest Department’s move to radio collar a crop raider tusker at the foothills of the Nilgiris near Mettupalayam town has created divided opinion among its staff, animal lovers and the public. Social media posts have started doing rounds against the radio-collaring of the elephant aged 35-40 years, naming it as a ‘harmless elephant’. Another frontline worker told The Hindu …
