12 April 2023: The Arikompan Mission

Context:
Given that the Kerala Forest Department has yet to get a satellite radio collar, Mission Arikompan is probably going to be postponed.

What is Mission Arikompan?

  • To apprehend the rebel tusker known as Arikompan, the forest department has launched “Mission Arikompan.”
  • Its arrest with tranquillizer injections and training to become a “kumki,” a captive elephant used for operations against rogue elephants, are the forest department’s ideas.

Panthera Wildlife Reserve

  • The Parambikulam Tiger Reserve is situated in Kerala’s Thrissur and Palakkad districts.
  • Between the Anaimalai Hills and Nelliyampathy Hills is where it is located in the Sungam range of hills.
  • The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has designated the entire Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, as part of the Western Ghats, Anaimalai Sub-Cluster, as a World Heritage Site.
  • Four distinct indigenous tribes, including the Kadar, Malasar, Muduvar, and Mala Malasar, call the Tiger Reserve home.
    Wildlife specialists identify this refuge as the “state capital for the massive gharial.”.
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