Camera traps installed at 10 locations to track leopard movement in Erode
The Forest Department in Erode has deployed camera traps to track a leopard that attacked a calf in a village near the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve. This surveillance effort follows a series of human-wildlife conflict incidents in the region.
Why it matters
It underscores the ongoing challenges of managing human-wildlife coexistence in areas bordering protected forest reserves.
The Forest Department has installed camera traps at 10 locations in villages bordering the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) to monitor the movement of a leopard that injured a calf in Kanakkampalayam village in the T.N. Palayam Forest Range of the Sathyamangalam Forest Division on May 30.
The report is a factual account of local forest department activities and wildlife incidents.
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