Kumkis brought to chase away elephants raiding crops in illegally set up farms in Pandalur

Encroachers in Pandalur and Nadugani, illegally farming along corridors used by elephants to move between Nilambur and the Nilgiris are leading to problematic human-elephant interactions in Gudalur an

Encroachers in Pandalur and Nadugani, illegally farming along corridors used by elephants to move between Nilambur and the Nilgiris are leading to problematic human-elephant interactions in Gudalur and Pandalur. With two elephants, a bull and a pregnant female, having been accused of damaging houses in Pandalur and Nadugani over the last week, three kumki elephants were brought to the division to help chase away the animals from human habitations. Sources in the Forest Department also said that they were considering capturing and translocating the elephants due to pressure from the public, who have staged protests calling for the elephants to be captured.