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A three-year-old girl was killed by a leopard in Gudalur forest in the Nilgiris. This was the fifth incident of leopard attack in the area in the past two weeks. ....
Udhagamandalam: The residents of Pandalur in the Nilgiris staged a protest on Tuesday, urging the forest officers to chase away the tuskers that had b. ....
Udhagamandalam: A crocodile was sighted in Athikannu river in Pandalur range of forests on Thursday. Local residents have been warned against venturing into the river, which is flowing through patta lands and estates. A team of forest staff has been deputed to monitor the part of the river where the crocodile was sighted. The surrounding area has also been cordoned off to deny access to the public. District forest officer Omkaram Kommu had visited the area on Thursday. On Friday, the crocodile was, however, not found in the part of the river where it was sighted the previous day. Kalai Vendan, forest range officer, confirmed that they hadn’t sighted the crocodile in the river on Friday. “Since it is a carnivorous, we have alerted the local public.” ....
UDHAGAMANDALAM: The forest department is installing early warning systems in Gudalur division of forests to detect the movement of wild elephants and curb man-elephant conflicts, which have claimed 25 lives in the past three years in the division. Four people were killed in elephant attacks in Gudalur division of forests so far this year. As per the data available with the forest department, wild elephants had claimed eight lives in 2018, six in 2019 and seven in 2010 in the division. The victims were mostly tea estate workers or the people living in villages along the forest fringes or migratory paths of wild elephants. Most of the conflicts, as per the data, occurred either in the early morning hours or late in the evenings. ....