A special panel, formed to address farmers’ woes of wildlife conflict, met virtually to discuss the menace caused by wild animals in agricultural fields in Tamilnadu.
In the 19-member committee’s first meeting, farmers from Erode, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Krishnagiri, and Dharmapuri voiced their concerns about damages to crops caused by wild boars, peacocks, elephants and, in some cases, monkeys.
The committee will make field visits to Kerala and Karnataka to assess their wildlife management strategies, particularly for wild boars.