Category — Human/Elephant Conflict

An illegal coffee plantation has been built within the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park in Indonesia, which is causing conflict between humans and elephants. To reduce the number of elephant deaths, a GPS collar has been devised for elephants. By knowing the elephant’s location, humans can be warned when the elephants are entering their area and prepare for them without having to resort to killing them.

BBC NEWS

“The elephants have gone on the rampage across three villages under Bishnupur police station since Monday night. They first attacked the house of Renta Kisku of Morar village under Bishnupur police station around 11 pm on Monday. Then, they moved on and killed a buffalo and injured another both tied to a tamarind tree outside Bijoy Kisku’s house.” – The Times of India

“Angered by frequent crop raids, farmers in Coimbatore Forest Division (CFD) are not just demanding better compensation; they are questioning the protection the Asian elephant receives under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act. ” – The Times of India

“Posting of two elephants from Bondla zoo to help forest department staff patrolling Goa’s border areas around Chandel and Hassapur has
helped keep two pachyderms, which had destroyed crops in Mopa and Anconem, at bay for some time. ” – The Times of India

“A herd of wild elephants trampled a housewife to death and injured two others in Gogalia area under Lama upazila in Bandarban early yesterday.” – The Daily Star

“At least 26 wild elephants entered two villages of Orissa and damaged crops, an official said Friday.” – Sindh Today

“Rogue elephants have killed another man in Wokha, this time in Yanmhon. One Belka Orang, an Adivasi, was killed on November 29, when elephants went on a spree destroying paddy fields, fishery ponds and plantations and even government and private houses in and around Yanmhon.” – Morung Express News –

“A man was trampled to death and a home destroyed after sixteen wild elephants rampaged through a village on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, officials said on Wednesday.” – The Straits Times

“Kenya’s high court on Friday awarded a British woman 65 million shillings (£533,000) in damages after she was attacked and seriously wounded by an elephant while staying at a safari lodge in 2000. ” – (via) Telegraph

“Noted Assamese wildlife filmmaker Gautam Saikia’s documentary on elephant-human conflict has won rave reviews at the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here.” – Nhatky

“Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) supporters burnt down a portion of the forest beat office at Kalabari in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district after one of their leaders was attacked and injured by a wild elephant here Monday night, the police said Tuesday. Three rooms of the beat office were gutted while the mob also beat up a forest guard, said district forest officer Kurseong Y.T. Aden.” – Thaindian News

“A group of wild elephants who escaped from the Randenigala reserve forest have destroyed a large number of crops in the adjoining villages of Kandaketiya, Kirivehera area last week, terrorising the local people in the area. ” – Daily Mirror Online

Technorati Profile

“The Department of Wildlife has now decided to pay compensation to all people who are victims of wild elephant attacks. ” – Sri Lanka News

“Wild elephants are intelligent. They uproot fully grown trees and hurl them on solar/electric fences erected to deter them from entering fields bordering forests. They wait for a downpour or throw water on chilli-tobacco fences to remove their tangy sting. Then they literally trample across the barrier and feast on the crops.” – DNA

“African forest elephants live in fear of roads which they associate with poachers and death, scientists have discovered.” – Telegraph

“There are fewer than 300 wild elephants left in China, so when Jeremy McGill, an American tourist, stumbled across a group of adults earlier this year in a nature reserve in Yunnan province, near the border with Laos, he whipped out his camera and started taking pictures. It almost cost him his life.” – The Independent

“Ivory auctions that will take place in Namibia on October 28, Botswana on October 31, Zimbabwe on November 3, and South Africa on November 6 2008 have raised the concerns of international conservationists from Born Free Foundations (BFF), a member of the Species Survival Network, who said that the ivory auction was approved by members of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), despite an international outcry from scientists and conservationists.” – Sofia Echo

“Four people were killed in elephant rampage in southern Nepali districts, local newspaper The Kathmandu Post reported on Friday.” – China Daily