Bangalore: In the past, Karnataka has handed over 59 tamed elephants to other states to deal with human conflict situations and added about 6 tamed elephants experts to resolve troubled elephants, which will hand over to Andhra Pradesh, where the conflict between people and elephants has escalated.
Taming elephants will be held in front of Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore on Wednesday, and the Minister of Forestry and Environment Eshwar Khandre said the tamed elephants were handed over to Andra Pradesh under an agreement between Karnataka-Telangana-andhra-kerera and Kerera and Kerala and Kerala and Kerala and Kerala under a deal.
Minister of Forests and Environment Eshwar Khandre said handing over tamed elephants to Andhra Pradesh would strengthen relationship between the two States and stated the tamed elephants from Karnataka to Andhra Pradesh will be engaged in driving elephants from straying out of the forests particularly in Chittoor region of Andhra Pradesh and cross over to Karnataka via Kolar resulting in man-elephant conflicts quite However, the minister clarified that the tame elephant who did not participate in the Mysore Dasala celebration would not be handed over to Andhra Pradesh.
It may be recalled that Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has made a request to the Minister of Forests and Environment Eshwar Khandre to hand over several tamed elephants to Andhra Pradesh to alleviate the conflict between humanity and change. The meeting between Khandre and Pawan Kalyan was held in Bangalore on August 8 last year.
However, the Karnataka government’s decision to hand over six elephants to Andhra Pradesh brought criticism from former state Wildlife Commission member Joseph Hoover, questioning the reasons for the state’s occupation of elephants in conflict areas and handing them over to other states and asking forest officials to have a clear understanding of their plans to let people know.
