As many as 1,238 wild animals that strayed into human
habitations last year were safely left deep inside the reserve forests
in Hosur Forest Division, said District Forest Officer A.K. Ulaganathan.
He told
The Hindu
that the animals were rescued either by the forest officials or by the
villagers. The rescued animals include 277 pythons, 21 cobras, 32 rattle
snakes, 26 russell vipers, 849 monkeys, 11 spotted deers, 12 wild
boars, five pangolins and five peacocks. A spotted deer was rescued by
the forest officials from a well in Seelapalli Village near
Samathuvapuram on the Veppanahalli Road.
The animal
was later left into the Thogarapalli Reserve Forests by the forest
officials. Similarly, a peahen was rescued near Mathur in the district
and left into the Veppanahalli Reserve Forests. Apart from this, five
pangolins (ant-eaters) were rescued from various places in Krishnagiri
Range.
One of the pangolins was rescued by schools students near Bargur
recently and they handed it over to the Forest Department. Meanwhile, a
proposal has been sent to the government to dug up elephant proof
trenches for 40 km around Udedurgam Reserve Forest during the current
financial year in the Hosur Forest Division where large number of
elephants enter into human habitations via Jawalagiri from Bannarghatta
Wildlife Sanctuary.
