Mysuru, Nov. 18 -- Pressure mounts to fast-track another wildlife rehabilitation facility at Yelwal

With human-wildlife conflict rising in villages bordering Bandipur and Nagarahole forests, pressure is mounting to expedite the establishment of an earlier proposed wildlife rehabilitation centre at Yelwal, Mysuru, to care for captured tigers and leopards.

Due to intensified capture operations involving conflict-prone tigers and leopards in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts, the existing Chamundi Wildlife Rescue, Conservation and Rehabilitation Centre at Koorgalli - part of Mysuru Zoo - is facing an acute shortage of space to house newly captured carnivores. In this context, the Forest Department's long-pending proposal to construct a n...