Deterioration of forests cause for wild animals’ entry: Study
1 min read Express News Service
KOZHIKODE: A qualitative deterioration of the remaining pure forests, coupled with a scarcity of regeneration of forage vegetation and an abundance of inedible vegetation, might be the explanations compelling animals to stray out of forests searching for meals, says wildlife biologist P O Nameer.
The dean of the wildlife sciences division on the College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Nameer — together with M Shaji, assistant professor of the identical division — had studied extensively concerning the human-wildlife battle (HWC) in Kerala.
The research discovered that the cultivation of crops like pineapple, paddy, tapioca, banana, areca nut and coconut in encroached forest areas was attracting animals to human dominated areas as a fallout of a rise in human inhabitants density.
Dumping of rubbish containing hen waste in forest areas, inefficient waste disposal in lots of ecotourism locations and the defective development of waterholes for wild animals have additionally been cited as potential causes attracting animals.
