Image used for representation. KOCHI: Spurred by the spike in human-wildlife conflicts in Kerala, the state forest and wildlife department, along with the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments, will undertake a simultaneous survey of wild animals to find out the increase in their numbers. While announcing on Monday, Forest Minister A K Saseendran said the […]
Kerala CM calls emergency meeting in Wayanad to address man-animal conflict
Wayanad Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has directed the council of ministers to hold a high-level meeting in Wayanad to address human-animal conflict WAYANAD: On Sunday, CM Pinarayi Vijayan intervened in the escalating man-animal conflict in Wayanad, directing high-level ministers and bureaucrats to convene an urgent meeting to find solutions to the crisis. In response to […]
Rahul Gandhi reaches Wayanad; people block his vehicle to raise their concerns
Mananthavady: Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday morning visited the family of Ajeesh, a farmer who was trampled to death by wild elephant Belur Makhna here. He reached the farmer’s house at Chaligada here a day after the district witnessed a violent protest against the forest department over the lapses of […]
Animal Husbandry Department in alert mode in Udumalpet block in Tiruppur over foot and mouth disease outbreak in Kerala
The Animal Husbandry Department has stepped up surveillance in border villages of Udumalpet block in the wake of outbreak of ‘foot and mouth’ disease in neighbouring Kerala State. Three veterinary doctors have been entrusted with the task of verifying symptoms for foot and mouth disease in the villages. So far, no case of animal infection […]