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Elephant, human conflict on rise in Kodagu District

Madikeri, Jun 26 (UNI) Human-Elephant conflicts are on the rise in coffee land of Kodagu district day-by-day with 13 humans and 18 domestic animals being killed and 4 persons injured till date this year.
In recent years, the menace of wild elephants in Kodagu district has become uncontrollable resulting in residents living in forest fringes living with fear.
Even the measures taken by the Forest Department such as digging elephant trenches, installation of solar fences and erecting pillars with iron spikes have not stopped the elephants from entering human habitat and destroying crops and houses.
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