MySuru: The Forestry Department will launch a drive to wild elephants Radio collars in the Sakleshpur region in the Hassan district in March to track their movements and reduce human-animal conflicts.
Since 1987, the Forestry Department has moved 84 wild elephants in Indonesia, but still the department to face the Wrath of Villagers, given the continuation of animal conflicts.
Now the Ministry of Forestry has decided for the Jumbos radio-collar to monitor their movements, given the conflict of frequent men-elephants.
The number of flocks has around 60 elephants and farmers from the two taluks has demanded the forest department to stop the elephant to rob their plants and destroy rice, corn, bananas.
Forests that hold meetings to discuss the steps to be adopted decided on radio-collaring in March because farmers need to harvest coffee and rice until the end of February.
-Colar radio can provide updates all the time about the location of the herd.
The Foresters can drive elephants if they are found to move towards the field of agriculture or village and beware of the villagers so they did not come in the Herd.Radio-Collar path for two elephants for the Division Hassan had held a meeting with the Department of the UPS in Bengaluru and prepared a plan Action to take the drive.
The foresters said that after the discussion was decided on radio-collar, two elephants.
While permission has been given to radio-collar, two elephants, the drive will be taken before the start of the monsoon.
“We took the drive in March after the coffee harvesting season ended,” said an official.
Track the movement of herd and crank and update the department and warn villagers to prevent human-animal conflicts.
The Rapid response group will start work from 6 am to track the elephant location until 6 pm.
At night, the anniversary of the elephant movement will be done through Mike to remind people.
“From 1987 to 2021, a total of 64 elephants were captured and translated.
There were 40 to 50 elephants at Sakleshpur and Taluks’s grooves.
The Forestry Department has taken it, establishing a 21 km train baricade from Dodda Betta near the Nagavara camp.