Dandeli Forests will create a Record soon with having three important Wild animals and Birds Conservation reserves.Dandeli forests already having the Significance of Tiger reserve and Hornbill reserve and now it will be also declared as a Elephant Reserve if everything goes well as planned.It is important to note that None of the forests in India have the significance of Two Wild animals and one Bird Conservation Reserve.Please read the article below which has been published in the newspaper on Sept 9,2010.
Sept. 9: Dandeli wildlife sanctuary will be declared an elephant conservation reserve if everything goes according to the plan prepared by the forest department. The region has already been declared a tiger and hornbill reserve.
Pachyderms often cross the Kali river from the forests in Karwar division into Haliyal in search of food and water. This has been causing man-animal conflicts in many villages in Haliyal, Joida, Mundgod and Yellapur taluks. There have also been instances of herds of elephants entering the paddy fields and destroying standing crops.
“There are around 50 wild elephants in the forests of Dandeli and surrounding taluks. A survey is underway to finalise forest area that can be converted into an elephant reserve. The proposal will be sent to the government next week. Solar electric fences and other barriers will be built to prevent movement of elephants onto arable land once the project is approved”, deputy conservator of forest Sunil Panwar said.
To prevent the elephants from entering the crop fields, the officials are planning to grow more bamboo.
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