Illegal fences by tea estates primary cause of rising human-elephant conflict in Gudalur: Forest department

The Forest department now believes that 11 migratory paths that had been used by elephants to move through the region have become blocked by illegal settlements, fences, plantations, encroachments, and other bottlenecks

Illegal fences by tea estates primary cause of rising human-elephant conflict in Gudalur: Forest department
The Forest department now believes that 11 migratory paths that had been used by elephants to move through the region have become blocked by illegal settlements, fences, plantations, encroachments, and other bottlenecks