wayanad wildlife warden

Taking serious note of the TOI report on the problems caused by the dumping of plastic waste and food leftovers inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, the state forest department has decided to act tough against littering in all forest areas and wildlife sanctuaries in the state.

A male tiger was found dead in the Muthanga range of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) on Wednesday.

Hundreds of people including farmers and women marched to the warden’s office of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) on Friday protesting against the failure to mitigate the escalating manwildlife conflict in Wayanad district.

The attempts by forest authorities to capture the stray tiger which had killed as many as 18 livestock in Wayanad during the last one month have not met with success till late Tuesday night.

The state chief wildlife warden has issued a circular asking all divisional forest officers (DFOs) and wildlife wardens to keep camera trap photographs confidential and ensure that the images were shared with proper authorisation by officials concerned.

The state will soon have a standard operating procedure (SOP) to deal with emergencies arising due to straying of wild elephants into human settlements.

The Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) warden has shot off a letter to the chief wildlife warden seeking protection to forest staff, who are facing violent attacks and unprecedented hostilities from asection of locals in the district.

The revenue department assigned 8 acres, including an active elephant corridor, in Sulthan Bathery taluk of Wayanad to landless people for 'non-forestry purposes'. The decision has caused rising man-animal conflicts, public opposition, and concerns about forest conservation.