India, May 4 -- As the forest areas with significant wildlife presence are experiencing water scarcity this year, it is leading to an increase in human-wildlife conflict in terms of wild animals coming closer to human habitats. In April, wildlife NGOs and activists are getting more calls about wild animals falling into wells as animals seem to be wandering in search of water and accidentally falling into the wells.

The summer season is generally considered a crucial period concerning human-wildlife conflict. In Pune, forest officials and NGOs working for wildlife conservation often see that the conflict increases during this period as wild animals come out from the forest areas in search of water. This leads to various conflict situation...