foresters dismantle snares

Indian Anti Snare Combing Force - IASCF- founder Navin Raj N trains volunteers to identify types of snares and dismantle them.

" In December after foresters rescued a tiger from a snare, we decided to hold an anti-snare drive. Accompanied by forest department people, each team will cover about 13 kilometers in search of snares laid by poachers." he said

Times of India      January 25, 2019. 

released at Topslip

Chinna Thambi was captured from Thadagam valley and released into the reserve forest at Varkaliyar in Topslip around 1 am on Saturday 26 January 2019. Forest Department official said the elephant calmly walked into the forest.

- Times Region      January 27, 2019.

little brother

"Banana, jackfruit and papaya are most alluring. Even one fruit, one evening, inside one house was enough to bring him to our village," says Jeyakodi who supplies milk in Kalyanur.

"Thatched houses where grains were stored in sacks and not in sealed containers attracted grain-loving Chinna Thambi ( little brother)," says Teacher Joshua in Anaikatti.

Many houses here have a boundry wall or a window breached by him. Despite all this, villagers talk about him fondly.

- an elephant villagers love and fear.  
Times of India    Jan 24, 2018.

Elephant calf rescued

Farmer Guruswamy heard strange noises the farm well.

Forest ranger Ayub Khan reached spot with 30 personnel. Animal was tired.

Ramp was dug with an earth-mover, and animal was dragged up the ramp by ropes.

It then climbed it's way out and ran into the forest.

Times of India     January 22, 2019. 

Steel wire fence

A steel wire fence 2 kilometers long is set up at Thali and Javalgiri forests in Hosur.

Elephants enter fringe villages here, to raid farms every year.

Another 10 Km stretch will be covered and completed before March31, 2019.


Times of India       January 14, 2019. 

High Court sensitized to invasive species

Invasive species are tje second largest cause for loss of biodiversity, Madras High Court has constituted an expert committee to weed them out from the Western Ghats.

Times of India       January 13, 2019

29,000 acres declared as reserved forest land

State government brought in an amendment to Tamil Nadu Forest Act to facilitate declaration of forest areas under Janmam land , into reserve forests.

A Bill to this effect was introduced in the State assembly on Tuesday and passed.

Times of India    Thursday    January 10, 2019

Back with elephants as mahout

Achuthan's father G Gajendran, 43, was trampled by Masini, the elephant of Samayapuram Mari Amman Temple, Tiruchirapalli, on May 25, last year.  He was her  mahout.

Achuthan has come back to be an assistant mahout.

"Father used to tell me that death is always around in a mahout's job, as none can predict an animal's vagaries," says Achuthan.

Times Of India      January 3,  2019