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human-elephant conflict
Coverage of human-elephant conflict in the Nexus archive.
- Two trained kumki elephants deployed in Parvathipuram to tackle human-elephant conflict
Two trained kumki elephants, Jayanth and Abhimanyu, were deployed in Parvathipuram to address human-elephant conflict. Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan flagged off the elephants to the Guchchimi Elephant Camp, where they will assist forest personnel in driving wild elephant herds back into forests to protect lives and crops.
- Assam to study revival of wild elephant domestication to reduce human-elephant conflict
Assam's 126-member Assembly is discussing strategies to mitigate conflicts between humans and animals, focusing on elephants and monkeys. The initiative includes studying the revival of wild elephant domestication as a potential solution.