Man-animal conflict on rise in State
Both humans and animals are at the receiving ends due to the growing man-animal conflicts over living spaces across the State. Reasons attributed to this disturbing situation are deforestation as well
Both humans and animals are at the receiving ends due to the growing man-animal conflicts over living spaces across the State. Reasons attributed to this disturbing situation are deforestation as well
COIMBATORE: With increasing human-wildlife conflicts, Nature Conservation Society along with NGOs that work towards wildlife conservation and preservation of nature screened a documentary on human wildlife
Kolhapur: As many as eight goats were killed in leopard attacks in Bhudargad tehsil on Saturday. The incidents took place in Aralgundi village and Mahagond hamlet in the tehsil. Two farmers lost four goats
Even as incidents of man-animal conflict has been occurring with alarming frequency in Nilgiris, such incidents have seen a drop in Coimbatore forest division. Five people were killed by wild elephants
Coimbatore: Almost 800 farmers gathered in front of the South Taluk office on Saturday afternoon demanding that the government takes steps immediately to protect their lands and crop from being destroyed
The existing measure to mitigate man-animal conflict in the forest-fringed district of Wayanad have failed miserably, said a report by greens and wildlife scientists. The report submitted to the state
Panjim: Notwithstanding guidelines released by MoEF on man-leopard conflict, Goa
The government has prepared a Rs 109-crore comprehensive project to contain man-animal conflict in the backdrop of the increasing number of elephant attacks. Forests minister B Ramanatha Rai told the
Legislators cutting across party lines today expressed concern over the growing man-animal conflict, especially involving elephants, and urged the Government to evolve a holistic mechanism to resolve the
Bangalore, 4 Jan: Taking cognisance of increasing number of elephant deaths, Karnataka High Court today directed the state and the Union governments to constitute a task force within 10 days to work towards
Forest Minister C H Vijayshankar on Thursday said that a meeting of senior officials of the department would be held at Aranya Bhavan in Bangalore on September 27 to find solutions to man-animal conflict especially in villages situated very close to forests. Talking to reporters here, he expressed his grave concern over increasing man-animal conflict in the villages. Wild elephants and other
SHILLONG: The recent incident where a wildlife staff was trampled to death by a wild elephant has once again opened up the debate over man-animal conflicts. This was not the first time that a man was killed by a wild elephant as in the past too some people have either been killed or injured by wild elephants in the State.
India’s top bureaucrats managing forests and elephants, and the wildlife conservation NGO community on Wednesday showcased public-private partnership (PPP) initiatives that promise to connect more of the 88 identified elephant corridors with forests, potentially reducing the stress on the species. On its part, the Centre is considering hiking compensation for voluntary resettlement of residents to increase habitat available to elephants and reduce man-elephant conflict.
Uttarakhand continues to face winter wildlife challenges year after year. Man-animal conflict turns to worse during winter months and the highest number of these incidents involve leopards attacking humans.
The problems facing wild elephants in India differ from forest to forest and from one state to another. So does the nature of human-elephant conflict, and wildlife experts say the problem needs to be tackled
AHMEDABAD: Three Asiatic lions, from near Gir National Sanctuary, found to have turned man-eaters, have been sentenced to life within a cage. A fully grown male lion would be kept in a zoo while the other
<p>In a first of its kind, the Environment Ministry on Monday issued guidelines -- based on three-pronged approach - to States in dealing with rising cases of man-leopard conflict.
Panna, Madhya Pradesh: The Centre's project to link Ken and Betwa rivers has become a stage for a man-animal conflict in Madhya Pradesh's Panna tiger reserve. While both the Centre and the state government
In an attempt to provide required water for wildlife and to reduce man-animal conflict, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday announced digging of borewells and construction of overhead water tanks in
Despite the High Court’s observations on Karnataka’s plans to translocate elephants from Alur taluk in Hassan district to the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Mysore, Forest Minister C P Yogeeshwara seemed