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After deploying 7 accelerated effect teams with 80 members to show circular the timepiece the crop-raiding elephants and to thrust them backmost into the reserve forests successful the Western Ghats, the Department of Forest has roped-in 2 elephant trackers – 1 each from Mudhumalai and Srivilliputhur – Meghamalai Tiger Sanctuaries – to reenforce this operation.
After the elephants caused extended nonaccomplishment to farmers having ranches adjacent to the Western Ghats successful Vadakarai, the Forest Department deployed the accelerated effect teams to show the elephant movement. Moreover, cameras person been fitted successful the accepted ‘elephant corridors’ to way their introduction into the ranches.
Apart from Vadakarai, the Forest Department has besides intensified patrolling successful different ‘vulnerable areas’ similar Kadayam, Courtallam, Maekkarai, Puliyarai, Chokkampatti, Kadayanallur and Vasudevanallur to avert the crop-raiding of chaotic animals specified arsenic elephant, chaotic boar, Indian gaur and cervid to the maximum imaginable extent. The deployment of these teams has yielded expected results arsenic nary elephant penetration has been reported successful immoderate portion of these areas.
Cameras fixed by the wood unit connected the way being utilized by elephants successful Tenkasi territory to cheque chaotic carnal penetration successful fields. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The section farmers person been fixed the interaction numbers of each accelerated effect teams truthful that the villagers tin alert these teams connected spotting chaotic carnal intrusion into the fields. At times, the accelerated effect teams besides instrumentality the farmers on with them to place the nonstop locations of chaotic carnal introduction points.
“To further reenforce this exercise, we’ve roped-in 2 adept elephant trackers from Mudhumalai and Srivilliputhur – Meghamalai Tiger Reserves. Since they are overmuch experienced successful monitoring and predicting the question of elephants and their behaviour, it volition marque our operations easier. These 2 experts, aft visiting the susceptible spots, are coordinating this cognition with the inputs they get from the accelerated effect teams connected the field. Their suggestions to cheque chaotic carnal penetration into the ranches are being translated into enactment immediately. We’ve planned to hole a modular operating protocol with the past experiences and the suggestions of these elephant trackers,” says District Forest Officer Rajmohan.
Led by Wildlife Surgeon, Madurai, Kalaivanan, wildlife veterinarians Manoharan and Shanthakumar person besides camped astatine Tenkasi territory to hole the modular operating protocol based connected the accusation they get from the accelerated effect teams and the elephant trackers and the tract visits.
“These peculiar teams volition survey the behavioural and the situation changes of elephants, if any. The elephants spotted during the tract visits are being identified and documented. The introduction / exit points of elephants are inspected. We are besides unfastened to suggestions from the farmers which volition further marque the protocol applicable and effectual successful checking chaotic carnal penetration and man-animal conflict,” says Mr. Rajmohan, who appealed to the locals not to spell adjacent the chaotic animals spotted successful their fields and instrumentality immoderate photos.
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