MP: Herd Of 25 Elephants Roams Shahdol's Beohari, Sparks Concern Among
Villagers
Free Press Journal
November 25, 2024
A herd of around 25 elephants is moving in Beohari area of Shahdol,
creating panic among villagers and leaving forest officers on toes. From
the last fifteen days, the elephant herd is moving in Beohari and nearby
areas. It is learnt that the herd came from Chhattisgarh. It had first gone
to Sanjay Tiger Reserve and later on moved towards Shahdol.
Interacting to Free Press, District Forest Officer of Shahdol, Shraddha
Pendre confirmed the presence of around 25 elephants in Beohari area. She
added that forest team remains deployed for entire night to see the
movement of elephants and protect villagers. During day time, elephants
remain inside jungles and at night, move towards fields situated near
villages. The ‘Munadi’ is done to aware villagers that they shall not go
near the elephants as this act may irk jumbos.
‘Currently, I am in Karnataka to undergo a week-long training over how to
control the elephants. The trainers said that elephants shall not be
disturbed or forced to beat the retreat. By doing so, they might become
angry. They will move ahead automatically when they will not find food for
themselves,’ she said. Notably, after Bandhavgarh incident, wherein eleven
elephants died after feeding on spoiled Kudo, government sent a team of
selected forest officials to learn the tactics of how to contain
human-elephant conflict and control elephant herds.
Another forest officer of Shahdol division told Free Press that day and
night monitoring of elephants is being done. Elephant herds have damaged
some harvested crops and even destroyed a desolated hut. The harvested
paddy is lying in the fields and elephants get attracted towards it. So
far, there is no human-elephant conflict.
It was learnt that before Diwali, the concerned herd of elephants came from
Chhattisgarh and entered Sanjay Tiger Reserve. After staying there for some
days, the herd moved towards Shahdol division.
https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/mp-herd-of-25-elephants-roams-shahdols-beohari-sparks-concern-among-villagers
MP: Herd Of 25 Elephants Roams Shahdol's Beohari, Sparks Concern Among
Villagers
Free Press Journal
November 25, 2024
A herd of around 25 elephants is moving in Beohari area of Shahdol,
creating panic among villagers and leaving forest officers on toes. From
the last fifteen days, the elephant herd is moving in Beohari and nearby
areas. It is learnt that the herd came from Chhattisgarh. It had first gone
to Sanjay Tiger Reserve and later on moved towards Shahdol.
Interacting to Free Press, District Forest Officer of Shahdol, Shraddha
Pendre confirmed the presence of around 25 elephants in Beohari area. She
added that forest team remains deployed for entire night to see the
movement of elephants and protect villagers. During day time, elephants
remain inside jungles and at night, move towards fields situated near
villages. The ‘Munadi’ is done to aware villagers that they shall not go
near the elephants as this act may irk jumbos.
‘Currently, I am in Karnataka to undergo a week-long training over how to
control the elephants. The trainers said that elephants shall not be
disturbed or forced to beat the retreat. By doing so, they might become
angry. They will move ahead automatically when they will not find food for
themselves,’ she said. Notably, after Bandhavgarh incident, wherein eleven
elephants died after feeding on spoiled Kudo, government sent a team of
selected forest officials to learn the tactics of how to contain
human-elephant conflict and control elephant herds.
Another forest officer of Shahdol division told Free Press that day and
night monitoring of elephants is being done. Elephant herds have damaged
some harvested crops and even destroyed a desolated hut. The harvested
paddy is lying in the fields and elephants get attracted towards it. So
far, there is no human-elephant conflict.
It was learnt that before Diwali, the concerned herd of elephants came from
Chhattisgarh and entered Sanjay Tiger Reserve. After staying there for some
days, the herd moved towards Shahdol division.
https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/mp-herd-of-25-elephants-roams-shahdols-beohari-sparks-concern-among-villagers
