{"id":28641,"date":"2018-10-24T14:06:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T08:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28641"},"modified":"2018-10-24T14:06:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T08:36:37","slug":"elephantine-threat-assam-considering-sedation-relocation-of-aggressive-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/elephantine-threat-assam-considering-sedation-relocation-of-aggressive-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephantine threat: Assam considering sedation, relocation of aggressive animals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elephantine threat: Assam considering sedation, relocation of aggressive animals<\/a><\/p>\n

News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Assam wildlife officials are considering sedation, relocation of aggressive elephants for reducing man-animal conflict in western Assam.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Important facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

    2. Assam wildlife officials said that they are encouraged by a similar experiment near Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand.<\/p>\n

    3. About half of 58 elephant corridors in the northeast, comprising 35% of the country\u2019s, are in Assam.<\/p>\n

    4. More than 15 of these corridors, used by an estimated 9,350 elephants, are under the Northeast Frontier Railway.<\/p>\n

    5. Human habitations and barriers such as electric fences and trenches have blocked some of these corridors.<\/p>\n

    6. The scores of reserve forests and proposed reserve forests in the district are fragmented.<\/p>\n

    7. Goalpara has 103 reserve forests, covering 20% of the district\u2019s landmass.<\/p>\n

    8. Most of the elephants have been forced to move about in a 300 sq km area for more than two years now.<\/p>\n

    9. Cornered, the herds and a lone makhna \u2013 male without tusks \u2013 have turned aggressive, raiding villages and killing at least 17 people this year.<\/p>\n

    10. More worrying for wildlife officials and activists is the fact that conflicts are happening throughout the year, instead of winter months as in the past.<\/p>\n

    11. The gravity of the problem in Goalpara made the State forest department call all wildlife officials and veterinarians for a meeting to work out strategies.<\/p>\n

    12. Strategies:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n