The workshop was organised in partnership with the British Asian Trust and with support from the Darwin Initiative to provide additional livelihood options for women to help them offset some of the losses incurred by the conflict with wild elephants.
The army personnel of the military station have created a unique ecosystem for friendly and peaceful co-existence with wild jumbos and have made clear paths for the free movement of elephants.
In the video which had gone viral on social media, the deceased person is seen beating the elephant from the backside and the wild jumbo kicking him in a paddy field.
The High Court stated that it cannot ignore the fear of the people and if the tusker is not relocated within a week, it will be transferred to Parambikulam wildlife sanctuary.
"The carcass of a wild elephant has been found in the tiger reserve Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Umaria, Madhya Pradesh. The age of the elephant is said to be about one and a half years. It is for the first time a tiger has hunted a wild elephant, not just in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, but i
Various farmers' organisations from the Idukki district organised a march to the Kerala High Court on Wednesday seeking justice on the issue of tusker 'Arikomban', the wild elephant, which roams around the Chinnakkanal and nearby areas in Idukki and has destroyed several human settlements.
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday constituted an expert committee to give its opinion on the matter of catching and releasing Arikomban, a wild elephant that lives in a residential area.