Elephant patrol in Wayanad to check poaching

Kerala Forest Department started anti- poaching patrol among the thick forest of Kerala-Tamil nadu border according to the information from the Thamil Nadu authorities about the poaching in this area. The team consists of 3 elephants their mahouts and forest officials. The elephants belong to the Forest Department of Kerala.
According to them elephant patrolling has many advantages.

• We can travel through thick forests
• Elephant riding provides better surveillance
• Protection from wild animals

They spend three days at a stretch which gave a close look of the activities inside the forest area.

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Bellari-human elephant conflict

A shot of Bellari-vast and green clultivation areas
Elephants always invade into the cultivation areas of Bellari causing a human elephant conflict. Forest officials and anti poaching staff will try to chase them back into the forests by beating drums and bursting fire crackers.

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