Chilli-based repellents have shown promise as deterrents against crop-raiding elephants in Africa. The authors experimented with ropes coated with chilli-based repellent as a cheap alternative to existing elephant crop raid deterrent methods in India.
KOLKATA, 15 June: The chief minister has proposed fresh negotiations to persuade the encraochers at Bhagawanpur mouza in South 24-Parganas to settle for a lesser amount of rehabilitation cost and make way for the new zoo.
An advisory to the state forest department has underscored the construction of underpasses or overpasses across railway tracks in the forests of north Bengal to bring down the number of animal deaths, but wildlife experts claimed the proposal was impractical.
Alipurduar, April 26: The forest department has decided not to allow the construction of a metalled road on a 3km-stretch inside the Buxa Tiger Reserve considering its biodiversity, putting to rest the
