Kerala Online
May 10, 2007
As the three-day survey of wild elephants was concluded, the preliminary assessment was that the elephant population was increasing in the sanctuaries in the Neeligiri biosphere spread over Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
According to Wild Life Department sources, going by the sightings by survey teams in Wayanad in Kerala, Bandipore and Nagarhole in Karnataka and Mudumalai in Tamil Nadu, the elephant population was on the increase.
The data collected during the survey had been sent to the Periyar Foundation and Kerala Forest Research Institute for analysis,after which an exact picture would emerge, Wild Life Warden of Wayanad, Deepak Mishra told.
The census team had sighted herds of elephants on the banks of the Kabani river and other spots frequented by the animal in Wayanad-Mysore borders like Bewoor, Guntara, Maragaddha and Kaloor.
A salutary sign was that most of these herds among them had calves, which was an indication of the number of elephants in the area being stable or increasing, forest department sources said.
The survey, conducted simultaneously in three southern states, was ordered by the Union Forest and Environment Ministry.The last census was held in 2005.
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