2 elephants intrude Burdwan forests from Bankura, leave residents panicked
Two tusker elephants crossed the Damodar river and sneaked into the Gopalpur forests near here under the Burdwan Forest Division in the early morning hours today.
Two tusker elephants crossed the Damodar river and sneaked into the Gopalpur forests near here under the Burdwan Forest Division in the early morning hours today.
Terming the restrictions as “impractical”, the Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold the Kerala High Court's order on the use of elephants and observing distances between them, the public, flambeau, and the percussion display during festival parades, including the ‘Thrissur Pooram”.
A herd of 52 Dalma range elephants from Jharkhand entered the Bankura forests Monday late night through the West Midnapore jungle corridor.
To mitigate human-elephant conflicts, the forest department has planned to organise a 'Hati-Bandhu Mela,' a festival dedicated to elephants, aimed at raising awareness among the public.
Odisha witnessed large scale inter-state movement of elephants in the current winter season with jumbos from Jharkhand and West Bengal migrating to the state, according to the All Odisha Elephant Census-2024 census report released on Thursday.
The officer from the Mariani Forest Range, along with his team, faced a dire situation late when they confronted a herd of wild elephants that had gone berserk.
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Quoting the figures or the State Assembly where it was stated that 2776 wild animals had been killed in the past 5 years (2017-18 to 2021-22) in Odisha, including 416 elephants.
Shrinking forests, increasing penetration of humans in the forest areas through expanding cultivation and tourist interaction is leading to man-elephant conflicts along the Terai region on the UP-Nepal border.
