Human Animal Conflict

A new report by the Wildlife Institute of India suggests population control of four species that are most in conflict with humans

As large areas of ecologically sensitive forest are destroyed for highways, factories, and mining, the leopard comes into increased conflict with humans

Around the country, train accidents continue to kill scores of elephants. Numerous elephants in the Palakkad division have met the same disastrous fate. Urgent conservation measures are required to stop this recurring tragedy

Rapid urbanisation and a changing forest landscape set wild animals and locals against each other in Kashmir. The latest victims of this conflict are children

Ahead of World Elephant Day, Pravin Shanmughanandam tells us the heartbreaking story of a loved elephant who was recently declared "a rogue" by the media. This not a story of just one elephant, but elephants everywhere that are struggling to make sense of a world, that we are constantly changing and destroying.

Can proactive measures and a multipronged approach avert or reduce conflict between human beings and animals?

The Chhattisgarh state government is trying to feed its surplus paddy to elephants in the hope that it will prevent them from coming into villages in search of food. Experts weigh in on the wisdom of this strategy

A recent study has claimed that India’s leopards are in danger and need as much attention and protection as the tiger

Bears outside protected areas in the state targeted to meet the demands of the transnational wildlife trade

State keen on Guru Ghasidas National Park, while wildlife experts feel Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuary is an important tiger habitat

Herds increasingly frequenting farms near forests in Coonoor, Kotagiri and Kodagu districts of south India

While lesser floricans are learning to live with farmers in Shokaliya, Rajasthan, their numbers continue to plummet in the central Indian state

From conflict to interaction – calling for a nuanced understanding of human-wildlife encounters

In the righteous cacophony surrounding the death of an elephant by a bomb concealed in a pineapple, the real, urgent issues that elephants and other wildlife face remain buried

A study finds that between 2OO8 and 2O17, Karnataka witnessed 7O instances of leopards falling into open wells

India has over 75 per cent of the world population of Panthera tigris, but are we doing enough for the species?

Climate change and infrastructure projects are threatening the traditional pastoral occupations that have helped preserve the grasslands of Saswad for centuries

The words we use to label animals involved in human-animal conflict situations can make a big difference to their conservation status

Destruction of forests is pushing a growing population of the shy lion-tailed macaques to look for food in human settlements

Is there a way out of the human-langur conflict in the Garhwal Himalayas?

Addressing snake-human conflict is just one aspect of herpetologist Gerry Martin’s goal of making conservation a way of life