According to information from the wood department, 192 radical person been killed and 216 earnestly injured successful Kerala from chaotic elephant attacks since 2016. Districts specified arsenic Malappuram, Wayanad and Idukki person the highest casualties.(Express Archives)
One much idiosyncratic was killed successful an elephant onslaught successful Kerala’s Wayanad Wednesday, bringing the full fig of specified deaths successful the authorities successful the past 48 hours to four. This comes astatine a clip erstwhile the Kerala authorities is pushing for amendments to the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, to woody with escalating man-animal struggle successful the region.
In the latest incident, the assemblage of Balan, 27, was recovered trampled astatine Attamala, 1 of the landslide-ravaged villages successful Wayanad. The incidental happened astatine nighttime portion Balan, a tribal man, was returning location aft buying provisions.
A hunt enactment that went looking for him recovered his assemblage astatine a beverage property astatine Attamala.
Significantly, man-animal struggle successful the portion has escalated since the landslide past July, with the state’s ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) arsenic good arsenic Opposition Congress seeking amendments to laws to woody with wildlife that airs information to humans.
On Monday night, different tribal younker was killed successful an elephant onslaught astatine Noolpuzha successful Wayanad portion 2 different deaths were reported successful Thiruvananthapuram agrarian and Idukki districts.
According to information from the wood department, 192 radical person been killed and 216 earnestly injured successful Kerala from chaotic elephant attacks since 2016. Districts specified arsenic Malappuram, Wayanad and Idukki person the highest casualties.
Meanwhile, six lives person been mislaid successful tiger attacks since 2016, of which 5 were successful Wayanad.