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- Human-wildlife conflict is escalating across Kerala's Kannur district, with wild elephants repeatedly entering villages in Aralam panchayat, wild gaur charging vehicles on a State Highway in Kolayad, and a suspected leopard killing a calf in Sreekandapuram.
- The incidents have cost lives and livelihoods — a traveller was killed in a gaur attack in Kolayad last year, a woman narrowly escaped an elephant herd, and crops and livestock have been damaged.
- Residents blame gaps in and damage to solar fencing, and fear a proposed elephant-proof wall at Aralam farm could push elephants towards Aralam and Ayyankunnu panchayats.
- The series of encounters has renewed demands for stronger preventive infrastructure, faster response, and long-term measures in forest-fringe villages.
What to watch next
- Completion of solar fencing along the remaining 4.5-km stretch at Chathiroor, which authorities say is expected within two months
- Whether camera traps capture the suspected leopard in Sreekandapuram and if search operations trace the animal
- Progress on the proposed elephant-proof wall at Aralam farm and whether it diverts elephant movement towards Aralam and Ayyankunnu panchayats
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