The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on Friday launched a scheme to provide interim relief for farmers who lost livestock to wild animals in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve.
The project, launched jointly with Thalavadi Adivasi Munnetra Sangam (Tams), aims to prevent farmers from launching retaliatory attack on wild animals, a statement from WWF India said. “Tribals and other forest dwelling communities living in the hill villages of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) are dependent on livestock for their livelihood. Sometimes, livestock get killed by wild animals such as tigers and leopards. The state Government has a compensation scheme in place for the livestock owners. But the compensation reaches the owners after considerable time due to time taken for the government procedure. Tams, with the help of WWF India, aims to bridge the gap between livestock death and government compensation delivery with the interim relief. The project is expected to put an end to instances of farmers p