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AI cameras, lights to be installed in STR to combat human-animal conflict
4 months ago

AI cameras, lights to be installed in STR to combat human-animal conflict

New Indian Express  

BARIPADA: Artificial Intelligence cameras and lights will soon be installed in Similipal Tiger Reserve to reduce man-animal conflicts especially in Betnoti and Rasgovindpur ranges from where most such cases are reported. Regional chief conservator of forest and field director of STR, Prakash Chand Gogineni told The New Indian Express that most cases of man-animal conflicts have been reported from Betnoti …

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Seven arrested for illegal trade of elephant tusks in Odisha
5 months, 1 week ago

Seven arrested for illegal trade of elephant tusks in Odisha

New Indian Express  

BARIPADA: In a major success, the Forest department arrested seven persons and seized from their possession five elephant tusks in a late night decoy operation in Kaptipada area on Tuesday. The arrested accused include Nauru Sai of Bidyadharpur village, Saimal Singh of Gobarasole village, Nityananda Gagrai and Birabhadra Singh of Mahulapankha village in Mayurbhanj district, Ajay Barik of Kaduani village, …

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Synchronised elephant population estimation exercise begins in STR and Erode Forest Division
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Synchronised elephant population estimation exercise begins in STR and Erode Forest Division

The Hindu  

A synchronised elephant population estimation exercise that aims at preventing human-elephant conflict and developing management strategies began in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve and Erode Forest Division, here on Thursday, May 23, 2024. K. Sudhakar, Deputy Director of STR and District Forest Officer of Hasanur Division said the exercise began at 30 beats in which 120 staff were involved. Kulal Yogesh Vilas, …

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Thalamalai locals in Tamil Nadu travel 22 km for treatment, demand government hospital
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Thalamalai locals in Tamil Nadu travel 22 km for treatment, demand government hospital

New Indian Express  

ERODE: Stating that they have to travel long distances to access health care, people in the Thalamalai panchayat, which comprises 10 hill villages in the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, have appealed to the district administration to establish a government hospital in the area. N Mathesh, another villager of Thalamalai, said, “The hill villages including Thalamalai, Kodipuram, Mudhiyanur, Thottapuram, Bejalatti, Mavanantham, Kali …

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T.N. draft elephant corridor plan | Two new corridors identified in Erode district
7 months, 4 weeks ago

T.N. draft elephant corridor plan | Two new corridors identified in Erode district

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government appointed-Elephant Corridor Committee has identified a 53.8 km stretch in the Anthiyur - Chennampatti forests in Erode division, and a 3 km stretch in the Sujilkuttai – Bannari forests, falling under the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve as corridors that are used frequently by wild elephants. A draft elephant corridor consolidation plan for Tamil Nadu was released in …

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Talavadi villagers protest after wild elephant tramples farmer to death
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Talavadi villagers protest after wild elephant tramples farmer to death

The Hindu  

A 65-year-old farmer who was guarding his maize crop was trampled to death by a wild elephant in his farmland at Diginarai village in Talavadi hills here on Tuesday. Demanding adequate compensation and strengthening of elephant-proof trenches, people staged a protest for over eight hours and the victim’s body was finally shifted to the hospital after initial compensation was provided …

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

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Tamil Nadu’s 18th wildlife sanctuary to come up in Erode district
1 year, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu’s 18th wildlife sanctuary to come up in Erode district

The Hindu  

Four forest ranges in Erode Forest Division, spread across 80,567 hectares, will form the new ‘Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary’, the 18th wildlife sanctuary in the State that was announced in the State Budget on Monday. The sanctuary is located on the western side of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, northern side of Kollegal forest division and eastern side of Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary …

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Two kumkis to be deployed to fix radio-collar on wild elephant Karuppan in Erode’s Talavadi Hills
1 year, 9 months ago

Two kumkis to be deployed to fix radio-collar on wild elephant Karuppan in Erode’s Talavadi Hills

The Hindu  

Two kumkis, Bomman and Sujay, both from Theppakadu Elephant Camp in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, arrived at Talavadi Hills on Monday. The elephants will be deployed in an operation to capture a wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, in order to fix radio collar on it and translocate it to the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Erode district. The wild elephant has been …

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Elephant Karuppan found with herd at Talavadi Hills reserve forest
1 year, 11 months ago

Elephant Karuppan found with herd at Talavadi Hills reserve forest

The Hindu  

The wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, that was darted and not fully sedated during the ‘Operation Black’ on January 14, was found with a herd inside the reserve forest area of Talavadi here on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. K. Rajkumar, Conservator of Forests and Field Director, Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, told The Hindu that the elephant was found with nine other elephants …

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’Operation Black’ to capture wild elephant begins at Talavadi Hills in Erode
1 year, 11 months ago

’Operation Black’ to capture wild elephant begins at Talavadi Hills in Erode

The Hindu  

On the first day of ‘Operation Black’ to track a wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, and fix a radio collar on it and relocate it in Talavadi Hills, three teams of the Forest Department identified the place where the elephants takes rest during day time at Akkurjorai forest area in Jerahalli forest range of Hasanur Division here on Thursday. Each team …

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