Bhupender Yadav, the environment minister, advocates using technology to reduce friction between people and animals

In an effort to lessen the frequency of human-wildlife conflict near the border between Kerala and Karnataka, Union Minister of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav has called for the careful use of contemporary technology in conjunction with a compassionate stance toward wild animals. Nevertheless, in the last five years, funding for the protection of wildlife has decreased by 50%.

In an interview with the media, Yadav acknowledged the seriousness of the growing animal-human conflict at the border between Kerala and Karnataka.

The government of Kerala is requesting that wild boar be classified as pests. Large-scale crop destruction by wild boars negatively impacts the income of agricultural families.

Last year, there were over 8800 recorded assaults on wild animals, with elephants being the most often attacked, followed by attacks by tigers, leopards, wild boars, and bison.

Yadav informed the media that “we came to know that there is an animal-human conflict, especially in Wayanad and the border of Bandipur and Wayanad” upon his arrival at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru.

Last year, there were over 8800 recorded assaults on wild animals, with elephants being the most often attacked, followed by attacks by tigers, leopards, wild boars, and bison.
Human-wildlife conflict: A union minister meets the relatives of those attacked by wild animals while in Wayanad
Yadav said, “We should utilize technology cautiously and take an animal-sympathetic stance in order to address the continuous conflict between humans and animals. Advisories have been issued in this respect by the central government.

The Union Minister visited with the victims as well and made sure they received the benefits that the Central government had awarded them.

India’s government funding is drying up, putting animal protection in jeopardy. The amount designated for habitat improvement, which was Rs 165 crore in 2018–19, has been reduced to Rs 56 crore in 2022–2023. Over the previous five years, funding for “Project Tiger” has also been slashed by 50%. Strangely, there is a rise in tiger fatalities in the nation at the same time that funding for tiger protection is declining.

Last year, there were over 8800 recorded assaults on wild animals, with elephants being the most often attacked, followed by attacks by tigers, leopards, wild boars, and bison.
There is a lot of indignation in Wayanad after a 47-year-old was killed by an elephant assault.
With 142 confirmed by September 20 compared to 121 for the whole previous year and 127 in 2021, tiger mortality have hit an all-time high, according to TNIE’s September report from last year. More than half of these deaths have occurred outside of tiger reserves.

According to MoEFCC statistics, the nation had an all-time high of 103 human fatalities as a result of tiger attacks in 2022. 605 people lost their lives as a result of elephant attacks in 2022. There were 457 recorded fatalities in 2018, 586 in 2019, 464 in 2020, and 545 in 2021.