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Aimed at reducing the rapidly growing human-elephant conflict in areas of Chhattisgarh, where nearly 20 human lives were lost because of attacks by a herd of 19 elephants, the State Forest Department in collaboration with Wildlife SOS has radio-collared a wild elephant to help create an early warning system and save human lives. Wildlife SOS raised funds to procure the radio collars.
“The 19-strong herd led by a matriarch (older female elephant) leads the group to farms that border the forest areas in Mahasamund to eat crops at night. When villagers try to drive them away, the elephants panic and run helter-skelter, causing damage to crops, property and also human lives,” noted a release issued by Wildlife SOS. “Wildlife SOS and the Chhattisgarh Forest Department deployed a team of elephant trackers who tracked the herd every single day for several months to understand their movement patterns. After several repeated attempts, the team of veterinarians and biologists were finally successful in tranquilising and radio-collaring the matriarch of the herd,” said Kartick Satyanarayan, co-founder and CEO, Wildlife SOS.
Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/elephant-radio-collared-in-chhattisgarh-to-save-lives/article25185582.ece
