Mysore/Mysuru: Former Minister M. Shivanna (Kote) demanded a compensation of Rs. 50 lakh for the next of kin of people killed in elephant and tiger attack at the villages in forest fringes. Addressing media persons at Jaladarshini Guest House on Wednesday, Shivanna said: “The State Government and Forest Department have totally failed in checking the…
Man-animal conflict: State mulls Rs. 10 lakh compensation
March 11, 2020Bengaluru: In some good news for the villagers living in the periphery of wildlife sanctuaries, Karnataka Minister for Forest and Ecology Anand Singh said that the Government was thinking to increase the compensation for human deaths in wild animal attacks to Rs. 10 lakh. The family of victims who are mauled by wild animals would…
Man-Animal Conflict: Farmers demand for increase in relief amount
July 17, 2019Mysuru: Forest officials, present at the District-level Farmers Meeting held on Monday at the ZP auditorium, were taken into task by the representatives of various Farmer Associations who accused the officials of causing unnecessary trouble for wild animal deaths in their agricultural lands. Farmers, who demanded the officials to control the intrusion of wild animals…
Man-animal conflict continues unabated in Kodagu
March 16, 2018Six wild elephants were electrocuted near Siddapur in Kodagu during June last year in two separate incidents. Many more elephants died in Kodagu in 2017 due to electrocution, gunshot wounds and drowning. Tracing the causes behind these deaths reveal that all the elephants had ventured out of the forests in search of food. Dwindling forest…
Recent Comments