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More sightings sign of rise in striped hyena population

More sightings sign of rise in striped hyena population, say forest officials  Updated: Updated: May 27, 2021 11:16 IST A reason for the decline in the Sigur plateau is that in the 1980s and 90s, people reared cattle in pens. Share Article AAA An Indian striped hyena caught on camera traps recently by the forest department.   | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS A reason for the decline in the Sigur plateau is that in the 1980s and 90s, people reared cattle in pens. An increase in the frequency of sightings of the elusive Indian striped hyena ( Hyaena hyaena) in the buffer zone of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) raises hope among conservationists and forest department officials that the species is re-establishing itself in the region.

Human-elephant conflicts linked to disappearing forest cover in Gudalur

A wild elephant, locally known as ‘katta komban’, at Chappanthodu near Cherambadi on Friday.   Research paper blames it on conversion of vast tracts of forest lands to plantations, farms, building sites The forest cover along crucial elephant corridors in Gudalur has decreased by around 13 per cent in the last four decades, and could be driving problematic human-elephant interactions in the region, a research paper suggests. The research into land-use change in the Gudalur landscape, a crucial corridor for elephants moving between the Mudumalai and Bandipur Tiger Reserves to Nilambur, was conducted by S. Karthick, a Ph.d student from the Department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology in the Government Arts College in Udhagamandalam, with the use of comparative satellite imagery.

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