Status of tigers, co-predators and prey in the Wayanad wildlife sanctuary
This new report released on March 26, 2014 provides results of a tiger monitoring study undertaken jointly by the Kerala Forest Department and WWF-India.
Wynad SA
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Wildlife conservation measures in the Nilgiris come in for praise
Conservation measures in the Nilgiris are satisfactory, observed the Conservator of Forests, Coimbatore Circle, V.T. Kandasamy here on Wednesday. He was inaugurating a workshop on “Conservation Strategies
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Testing the efficacy of a chillitobacco rope fence as a deterrent against crop-raiding elephants
Chilli-based repellents have shown promise as deterrents against crop-raiding elephants in Africa. The authors experimented with ropes coated with chilli-based repellent as a cheap alternative to existing elephant crop raid deterrent methods in India.
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Mayhem in Wynad
According to recent reports, as many as 50 elephants were killed by poachers in Kerala over the past three to four months. Forest officials in Wynad suspected the number to be even higher. They
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Home range of elephants in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, South India
Ranging behaviour of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) was studied using radio telemetry in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve had home ranges of over 500 sq km. These sizes are much larger than those defined