2023-05-28 19:21:00
Kochi ∙ A study has found that no displaced wildebeest has been confined to a new place like the rice branch. Even though Arikompan, who was a problem in Chinnakanal, was shifted to another forest 105 km away, the elephant is returning to its own forest on the Kampam route. In the Elephant Task Report prepared by 47 experts for the Union Ministry of Forests and Environment, it is said that it is advisable to move wild elephants en masse which are causing disturbance in the country.
In the 2023 ‘Guidelines for Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation’ report, it warns that elephants that have become habituated to human settlements will return even if they are returned to the wild. Elephants unaccustomed to residential areas can be diverted with adequate monitoring systems.
There are international study reports that the transfer of aggressive elephants from one forest to another is a failure. This is underlined by the report ‘Problems of Wild Elephant Translocation’ published by Cambridge University in 1993. The report studied cases from Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Karnataka and Bengal in India.
In 1979, the Sri Lankan government relocated 10 bullied elephants to Wilpattu National Park, 120 km from Deduru Oya. All this returned to the same place.
English Summary : Exiled elephants are coming back reports Central Government
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