Elephants facing anthropogenic hazards in Assam

The article highlights increasing anthropogenic hazards faced by elephants in Assam, detailing recent incidents where elephants were rescued from a wire-mesh snare, a truck tyre, and a muddy trench near tea estates and national parks. These incidents underscore the human-elephant conflict in the region. Rescue operations were carried out by the Golaghat Forest Division and the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) / Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), with one calf being admitted for rehabilitation after its herd failed to return.