The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday refused to grant permission for the proposed translocation of 25 elephants from Alur forest range to Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary.
During the hearing of a suo motu petition over increasing elephant deaths, the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vikramjit Sen and Justice A S Bopanna said permission for translocation cannot be granted unless experts’ opinion is obtained.
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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kodagu
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-parks
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