Bengaluru: As human-elephant conflicts escalate across Karnataka, coffee planters from Sakleshpur have demanded the relocation of jumbos to designated confinement camps. The incident has raised eyebrows among conservationists who have cautioned that such measures could backfire.

According to the 2023 census report , Karnataka hosts the highest number of tuskers in India, with 180 captive and 6,215 wild elephants.

Recently, in the Karnataka Legislative Council, MLC Ravikumar described a worsening situation in Ramanagara and Bengaluru South. He said that in the past three years , elephants had killed 15 people and injured 25, most between 3 am and 6 am. Farmers cultivating ragi, groundnuts and silk, he said, were living in fear , and some had stopped farmin

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