Six wild elephants were electrocuted near Siddapur in Kodagu during June last year in two separate incidents. Many more elephants died in Kodagu in 2017 due to electrocution, gunshot wounds and drowning. Tracing the causes behind these deaths reveal that all the elephants had ventured out of the forests in search of food. Dwindling forest cover and lack of green growth have forced pachyderms to enter the human habitat areas, sending shivers down the spine of farmers and coffee estate owners. This year too, there is no break in man-animal conflict in Kodagu as there is no respite from crop loss due to elephant menace and at the same time, elephants continue to die.
Herd creates panic at Kanive, Hebbale in Somwarpet
