mumbaiUpdated: Aug 17, 2020 01:19 ISTCome November, Maharashtra will have a unit of six elephants to tackle the human-tiger conflict at Chandrapur. Three trained elephants from Karnataka will be brought to Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) buffer area. Bhim will now return back to Maharashtra as per the agreement with the Karnataka forest department,” said Kakodkar. However, the proposal was stalled after a mahout was attacked and killed by a trained elephant at the TATR buffer last year. In December 2018, the swift capture of slain tigress (T1) Avni’s female cub was carried out with the help of trained elephants from Madhya Pradesh.

Source: Hindustan Times August 16, 2020 19:50 UTC