Dudhwa Tiger Reserve to have rapid response team to check man-animal conflict

In order to mitigate the man-animal conflict in and around Dudhwa Tiger Reserve,the Forest Department and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) have decided to deploy a rapid response team.

A team in a fully equipped van was flagged off by V N Garg,Principal Secretary (Forest and Environment),from Lucknow to Dudhwa on Friday in the presence of senior functionaries of WTI and Aircel,which is providing financial support to the campaign under its Save Our Tigers initiative.

Vivek Menon,CEO of WTI,said that among the emerging threats to tigers and leopards and other animals,is the increasing conflicts with people. He said conflicts do not just have immediate repercussion on individual animals but can have a lasting impact on peoples perceptions about these animals,negating conservation. Menon said one of the priorities of this project is to address these conflicts holistically,to ensure that both people and the animal are safe.

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Rupak De said,Aircel has decided to provide financial support for the man-animal conflict mitigation project for five years. It will help us in building our capacity to avert and handle these conflicts.

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