{"id":87155,"date":"2020-02-13T14:57:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T09:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13744"},"modified":"2020-02-13T14:57:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T09:27:07","slug":"2361-humans-510-elephants-killed-in-conflict-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/2361-humans-510-elephants-killed-in-conflict-in-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"2,361 humans, 510 elephants killed in conflict in five years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change tabled data in Parliament on man-animal conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Between 2014 and 2019, 2,361 humans were killed as a result of conflict with elephants<\/li><li>510 elephants were killed in incidents of electrocution, train accidents, poaching and poisoning during the same period.<\/li><li>Conflict with tigers caused 275 human deaths between 2014 and 2019<\/li><li>West Bengal had the highest number of human deaths caused by elephants and tigers, followed by Odisha and Maharashtra<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Government Initiatives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Draft national wildlife action plan (NWAP) 2017-31<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>ensure that developmental projects do not increase conflicts<\/li><li>Use of traditional knowledge to tackle conflicts,<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Immune-contraception method<\/strong>: It is non-hormonal form of contraception. It causes production of antibodies which in turn prevents pregnancy. Environment Ministry sanctioned over Rs 10 crore for &#8216;immunology contraception&#8217; of wild boars, Rhesus monkeys and elephants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ministry of Environment and Forest and Climate Change Guidelines on Man-Animal conflict<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wild Life Rescue Teams equipped with adequate personnel, equipments and communication systems<\/li><li>Identifying regular movements corridors of large wildlife, and adequate publicity\/awareness to avoid disturbances<\/li><li>Compilation of data on conflicts, reasons for such conflicts, best practices of response.<\/li><li>Insurance programs for damage due to wildlife<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change tabled data in Parliament on man-animal conflict. Facts: Key Takeaways: Between 2014 and 2019, 2,361 humans were killed as a result of conflict with elephants 510 elephants were killed in incidents of electrocution, train accidents, poaching and poisoning during the same period. Conflict with tigers caused 275&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/2361-humans-510-elephants-killed-in-conflict-in-five-years\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2,361 humans, 510 elephants killed in conflict in five years<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4902],"class_list":["post-87155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-man-animal-conflict","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704716930},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}