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The Karnataka government has taken the elephant menace seriously and has constituted the Elephant Task Forces to deal with the issue, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday.

, Nov 23 (IANS) The Karnataka government has taken the elephant menace seriously and has constituted the Elephant Task Forces to deal with the issue, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday.Talking to reporters at Halebeedu Helipad ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Basravraj Bommai on Wednesday said that the state government has taken the elephant menace seriously and has constituted the Elephant Task Force to deal with the wild elephants.

For decades, conservation efforts in the country treated humans as encroachers in forests. Gradually, that has been changing.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre on a plea citing alarming increase in the unnatural death of elephants, due to electrocution.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Centre and State governments on a PIL filed seeking implementation of the environment ministrys guidelines to prevent electrocution of elephants in the country.

The Union Minister at the launch of “Jumbos on the Edge: The Future of Elephant Conservation in India” emphasized on people’s awareness and participation as a crucial step in conserving flora and fauna of the country

Animals don’t belong in chains any more than gods - or humans - do. It is absurd that the law doesn’t forbid their captivity, in temples as much as in zoos.

Also affected are the local tribal communities, who depend on these resorts for livelihood. So how did the Masinagudi area get embroiled in a protracted court case, and what is the elephant in the room the locals claim the “foreign NGOs” have missed? The court battle The October Supreme Court judgment came on 32 appeals filed by resorts and private land owners, including actor Mithun Chakraborty, under the banner of Hospitality Association of Mudumalai, against a Madras High Court verdict o...