Fresh steps to curb elephant deaths

Deccan Herald
March 13, 2009

The proposed measures, including habitat management & awareness programmes, were based on recommendations to mitigate the problem of elephants raiding crop fields and their brutal killings.
Stung by reports that over 250 elephants had died in the State’s jungle in just two years, the forest department is finally ready with an action plan. Its recipe for conservation: exclusive flying squads, translocation of pachyderm populations, elephant prevention trenches, and many more short and long-term measures, a list of which was submitted to the High Court on Thursday.

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