By Pallavi Priya

Killing of a person in Kerala by a wild elephant has resulted in unleashing of joint efforts by forest officials of three states – Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka – to prepare a road map to avoid recurrence of such tragic incidents. It comes in the wake of public unrest and demands that the elephant be tranquilized to be domesticated, or simply killed.

The radio-collared jumbo named Belur Makhana crossed over from Karnataka into Kerala and killed a 42-year-old taxi driver Ajeesh at Mananthavady in Wayanad district on February 10. It returned to Karnataka earlier this week but the tragedy triggered a debate on the lack of coordination between forest officials of three states, resulting in the unleashing of a blame game between them.

Indian Masterminds spoke to the Chief Wildlife Warden of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to understand the reasons for the animal spillage, and whether lack of co-ordination on such a sensitive issue was hampering their operations.

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