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- The Kerala Forest Department is initiating an operation to capture and relocate two wild elephants known as Chakkakompan and Murivali.
- This decision follows the death of a tribal farmer, Vijayan, in the Panthadikkalam settlement.
- Officials intend to use trained kumki elephants to remove the animals after the recent deaths of four people in the Devikulam range.
- The department also plans to seek the removal of fences in local plantations that are blocking natural elephant migration corridors.
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- The arrival of kumki elephants from Aralam Farm
- Official issuance of the translocation order by the Chief Wildlife Warden
- Petition for the removal of fences in cardamom plantations
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D. K. Vinod Kumar
High Range Circle Chief Conservator of Forests
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“The Munnar Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) will submit a formal proposal, following which the Chief Wildlife Warden will issue the translocation order. With the support of kumki (trained captive) elephants, the department will capture the animals and move them to safer forest tracts,”
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…to human lives. High Range Circle Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) D. K. Vinod Kumar confirmed that two elephants have been marked for relocation: the tusker ‘Chakkakompan’ and a female elephant known as ‘Murivali’. “ The Munnar Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) will submit a formal proposal, following which the Chief Wildlife Warden will issue the translocation order. With the support of kumki (trained captive) elephants, the department will capture the animals and move them to safer forest tracts, ” Mr. Vinod Kumar said. He added that the operation will commence once kumki elephants return from Aralam Farm in Kannur, where they were deployed to counter wild elephant intrusions. Removal of fences The CCF also…
“Fences installed around cardamom plantations have obstructed natural elephant corridors, which is a major driver of escalating human-wildlife conflict in the area,”
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…the department will formally petition the Idukki District Collector to remove fences erected inside cardamom plantations in Chinnakkanal and initiate eviction proceedings against illegal cultivation on revenue lands. “ Fences installed around cardamom plantations have obstructed natural elephant corridors, which is a major driver of escalating human-wildlife conflict in the area, ” he said. Chinnakkanal continues to be a hotspot for human-animal conflict. Vijayan’s death marks the second fatal attack in the area within a single week, bringing the death toll under the Devikulam range to four over…
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