Reducing human-elphant conflicts
Photos:
Top:‘Test run’! As an elephant is led along a railway track, CSIO-developed seismic sensors (inset left) and thermal imaging sensor (inset right)  are calibrated to detect its passing. Photo Courtesy CSIO/IndiaScience
Middle: Left: Incursion into habited areas is the most common  trigger for human-elephant  conflict.  Photo Credit: grab from   IndiaScience video(DST)
Middle Right:  Photo Conservationists advocate creating elephant corridors to facilitate their unhindered movement. Photo courtesy Dr P. S. Easa
Bottom:  Robotic Raman! The Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple in Thrissur district of Kerala has replaced live elephants with this robotic version.  Photo Credit: PETA
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April 12 2023