“The state government has mooted a plan to put up a fence with electric current at the Maharashtra, Goa-Karnataka border to overcome the increasing menace of elephants in the state. ” - The Times of India

“Maharashtra and Goa are holding Karnataka accountable for the elephant migration. They claim their crops are being damaged and want Karnataka to control the pachyderms. The problem has assumed such serious proportions that a series of high-level official meetings have taken place between Karnataka and Maharashtra. Six months ago, Maharashtra additional chief secretary held a meeting with then Karnataka forest secretary Sudhakar Rao. ” - The Times of India

“Project Elephant (PE), a centrally sponsored scheme, was launched in February 1992 to provide financial and technical support to major elephant bearing States in the country for protection of elephants, their habitats and corridors. It also seeks to address the issues of human-elephant conflict and welfare of domesticated elephants. The Project is being implemented in 13 States / UTs , viz. Andhra pradesh , Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Jharkhand , Karnataka , Kerala , Meghalaya , Nagaland , Orissa , Tamil Nadu , Uttranchal , Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.” - PIB Press Release

“In the thick jungles straddling TN and Karnataka where Veerappan once reigned and killed over 100 elephants, new poachers have sprouted over the past three years, gunning down 17 elephants so far for their valuable ivory tusks. ” - The Times of India

“To prevent elephants being hit by speeding trains, the ministries of environment and forests and of railways are considering setting up barbed wire fencing along several hundred kilometres of rail tracks in the Western Ghat forests straddling the borders of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. The move comes after the death of a pregnant elephant, along with two other elephants, when they were hit by a train passing between Pothanur and Madhukkari stations, about 20 km from the textile town of Coimbatore, in the early hours of Feb 4.” - Thaindian News

“An elephant that was found badly wounded near Wodapatti, a place near the Karnataka border, last week is battling helplessly for its life.” - Thaindian News

“Environmentalists and wildlife activists have pressed the panic button in the elephant corridor connecting Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu where the Asian tusker is under siege.” - Sify.com

“ore than a thousand wild elephants have been given the right to roam, with the safeguarding of a wildlife corridor that links two reserves in Karnataka, Southern India.” - Wildlife Extra

“More than 1,000 elephants are set to gain right of passage through the corridor linking the Edayargalli and Doddasampige reserves when land deeds are handed over to the Karnataka state forest department on Thursday.” - AFP

“More than 1,000 wild elephants have been given a corridor that links two reserves in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, wildlife officials say.” - BBC NEWS

“Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra are fast turning into yet another theatre of man-animal confrontation. Wild elephants are straying well over 200 km from the Dandeli forests in neighbouring Karnataka. More than two-dozen villages in the area have witnessed similar tales of death and destruction.” - The Hindu Business Line

“Karnataka hosts a healthy population of the gentle giants. That’s the finding of the agency which recently conducted a study of the elephant population in the state. ” - The Times of India

“Andhra Pradesh has sought the assistance of neighbouring Orissa and Karnataka forest officials to tackle the elephant menace causing untold misery to the people of Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts for the past few weeks.” - The Hindu

“Elephant population in Karnataka?s forests is understood to have risen considerably during the last two years.” - Khaleej Times Online

“An eight-month-old elephant calf was found dead in the Cauvery near Biligundalu forests in Karnataka today, forest department sources said.” - Chennai Online News

“A central government funded census of wild elephants will be conducted in the forests of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka for three days beginning May 8. ” - The Times of India

“A central government funded census of wild elephants will be conducted in the forests of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka for three days beginning May 8.” - Earth Times

“More than 50 people here will move to alternative settlements to facilitate a six-km elephant corridor connecting Kerala’s Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary and Brahmagiri reserve in neighbouring Karnataka. ” - The Times of India