Chilli-Tobacco Elephant Barrier Experiment - A Rocha India

Asian elephants are in constant contact with humans at the Bannerghatta National Park leading to human-elephant (HEC) conflict, which is one of the conservation threats to the survival of the elephants. HEC results in economic loss to farmers and also the death of elephants. Conventional barriers such as solar powered fences, rubble walls and trenches are often not effective. This led to the testing of chilli-tobacco rope barrier on the Asian elephants by A Rocha team in certain villages around Bannerghatta National Park of Southern India. The experiment was successful in keeping the elephants away from crop fields. The project was funded by USFWS and conducted in associaton with Karnataka Forest Dept. and ANCF. For more details contact india@arocha.org

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Science & Technology

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• CTB experiment
• A Rocha India
• Asian Elephants
• conservation
• Wildlife
• Human-Elephant conflict
• HEC
• Bangalore
• India
• Crop raids
• Elephant Barrier
• conflict mitigation
• Tattiguppe
• alternative barrier
• USFWS
• Dr Vijay D Anand
• experiment
• volunteers
• Karnataka Forest Dept.
• ANCF

[sonofthedestroyer]

@merrywriter1,

Dont forget that your fat American ass probably consumes 100x more resources many of these poor villagers combined.

[sonofthedestroyer]

@merrywriter1,

Lead by example. Get a vasectomy

[DHANYAKISHOR]

Interesting ..Well done .

[merrywriter1]

You can see the farmers have just raped the land, and taken down the trees. In a few years this land we be barren and won't be of any use.

These people need birth control - the population is big enough in India - not wrecking their country.

[hendersonishome1]

Really interesting. Well done.

[melissaongws]

Congratulations! This is fantastic news, Vijay and team! I watched through the whole video. It's really great to be able to SEE the place and HEAR from the community. Great work!