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- The Kerala Forest department has started profiling individual elephants that repeatedly stray into human settlements in north Kerala, especially around Aralam, to understand their movement patterns and reduce human-wildlife conflict.
- Field staff are documenting habitual straying elephants through photographs, videos, and reports, noting that some animals enter settlements between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., feed on crops, and return before dawn.
- One identified tusker, KM1, is to be tranquillised, fitted with a radio collar, and released away from human habitation.
- The department is also considering requesting a scientific carrying capacity study of the Wayanad landscape, though formal approval is yet to be given.
What to watch next
- Radio-collaring of the tusker KM1 and its subsequent movement after release
- Formal approval of the proposed carrying capacity study by the Centre of Excellence for Human-Wildlife Conflict Studies
- Whether incidents peak again in July and August as per the recorded trend
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Named India · Aralam · Kerala · KM1 · Wayanad · B.N. Anjankumar · Centre of Excellence for Human-Wildlife Conflict Studies · Forest Department · Wildlife Institute of India
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