💨 Abstract

Overcrowded forests in Odisha house nearly 2,100 elephants, over the sustainable capacity of 1,700, leading to increased human-animal conflicts and elephant deaths, particularly among calves and young elephants due to diseases. The scarcity of food, habitation, water, and other essential needs in forests forces elephants to move towards human settlements.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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