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With the dependable summation successful question of chaotic elephants into Andhra Pradesh implicit the past fewer years, the State Forest Department has intensified preparations for the synchronised elephant colonisation estimation exercise, scheduled to beryllium held from May 27 to 30 crossed Chittoor, Tirupati, Annamayya, and Parvatipuram-Manyam districts.
As portion of the preparations, a one-day grooming programme for frontline wood unit was conducted astatine Gajaramam Kumki Elephant Camp successful Palamaner connected Monday. Around 85 unit members from Kuppam, Palamaner, Chittoor East, Chittoor West and Punganur wood ranges attended the camp, wherever they were trained successful elephant identification, herd profiling, tract tracking methods and photographic documentation techniques.
Speaking to The Hindu, wildlife biologist Rakesh Kalva, who is coordinating the synchronisation workout for the Forest Department, said that Andhra Pradesh has progressively emerged arsenic a delicate elephant question portion due to the fact that of regular migration of herds from neighbouring States specified arsenic Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh.
“The question of elephants crossed inter-State wood corridors has go highly dynamic successful caller years. Sudden influx and outflux of herds are present being recorded often successful Andhra Pradesh forests,” helium explained.
District Forest Officer G. Subburaj said that astir 82 chaotic elephants were recorded successful Chittoor territory unsocial arsenic per the Forest Department estimates from the past synchronised census conducted successful 2024. He said the yearly estimation workout was not conducted successful 2025, making the contiguous survey peculiarly important for updating tract information and monitoring migratory patterns.
At present, a caller herd of 15 elephants from Tamil Nadu has entered Kuppam wood range, portion different 13-member herd has moved into Gudipala mandal successful Chittoor district. Forest officials besides confirmed that a herd of 15 elephants from Chittoor territory precocious crossed into cardinal Talakona wood country successful Tirupati territory done Rayala Elephant Reserve Corridor.
Besides these groups, 14 elephants are presently dispersed crossed Tirupati and Annamayya districts, portion different 14 elephants were reported from Parvathipuram Manyam district.
During the existent estimation drive, wood teams volition papers elephant groups ranging from solitary bulls to ample herds, too identifying males, females, and calves. Officials volition besides grounds elephant deaths caused by earthy reasons and electrocution incidents arsenic portion of the State’s semipermanent wildlife conservation and struggle absorption strategy.
