4 wild elephants died due to electrocution in Kodagu
Kodagu : Today 4 wild elephants died due to electrocution near Kandangala, Virajpet Taluk while they entered a coffee plantation. 6 elephants have now died is last 12 days in Kodagu due to electrocution.
The scourge of elephant deaths due to electrocution had been eliminated in the last two years. With such incidents increasing, the forest department officials now plan to take up the issue with the Chamundeshwari Electricity Corporation Ltd. (CESC).
Kodagu district has a strong elephant population; but the extent of coffee plantation is more than the forest cover. Hence, the authorities included these plantations for the Synchronized Elephant Census conducted during May this year to arrive at a baseline figure as estimates varied from 50 elephants to nearly 200 elephants.
Source : Save Kodagu
The scourge of elephant deaths due to electrocution had been eliminated in the last two years. With such incidents increasing, the forest department officials now plan to take up the issue with the Chamundeshwari Electricity Corporation Ltd. (CESC).
Kodagu district has a strong elephant population; but the extent of coffee plantation is more than the forest cover. Hence, the authorities included these plantations for the Synchronized Elephant Census conducted during May this year to arrive at a baseline figure as estimates varied from 50 elephants to nearly 200 elephants.
Source : Save Kodagu
