.jpeg)
Kudige, Aug. 12: World Elephant Festival was held at Harangi Sakane Camp. The program was inaugurated by Wildlife Board member Sanket Poovaiah. Speaking later, he said that like the soft release project in Bhadra Sanctuary, where thousands of hectares of area are identified and railway tracks are installed and wild elephants are released in that area, discussions have already been held with the Chief Minister and Forest Minister under the leadership of the MLA of Virajpet constituency for a soft release project in Kodagu to benefit the three neighboring districts and that thoughts are being made to implement it.
There are 415,000 elephants in the world, and 27,000 in India. Of these, 6,395 elephants are in Karnataka, and Karnataka has the most wild elephants in the country. But according to 2016 statistics, the decline in the number of elephants in the world from 1 lakh to 10 thousand is alarming, he said.Madikeri Wildlife Division Deputy Conservator of Forests K.A. Nehru presided over the program and said that the protection of wild elephants is not only the responsibility of the department or the government, but the participation of forest people, organizations and the public is very important. Madikeri Deputy Conservator of Forests Abhishek, Thitimathi Division Deputy Conservator of Forests K.Gopal, Wildlife Division Deputy Conservator of Wildlife Kariappa, Retired Veterinary Officer Dr. Chittiappa, Subrahmanya Zone Forest Officer Bhuvanesh Kukke, Somwarpet Pre-University College Lecturer Shashidhar, Pushpagiri Wildlife Zone Forest Officer K. Dinesh, Deputy Zonal Forest Officer Shivakumar, DRFO Ranjan and other forest officers from various parts participated.
Sanket Poovaiah distributed prizes to the winners of the essay competition and painting competition as part of the Elephant Festival. Later, the resource persons gave information to the students about the conservation of elephants, environment and nature.
As part of the Elephant Festival, the elephants Lakshmana, Ekandanta, Rama, Vikrama, Ishwara and Karna were decorated, worshipped and various types of food were served to the animals in Harangi.
-K.K. Nagarajashetty, Photo: Karun
Note:This article is translated by xklsv.com, from shakthidaily.info; the Shakthi Daily is not liable for any errors in translation. If there are any errors in spellings, please mail [email protected]
