We’ve all heard of the threats humanity poses to the animal kingdom in the form of hunting and deforestation. But it appears that now as a result of severe droughts in Kerala, tigers have killed six elephants over the last six months in Kerala’s Wayanad wildlife sanctuary, with a total of eighteen having perished on account of the water shortage.
Experts say these tiger attacks are due to large scare migration directly influenced by the droughts in the area, as the animals came to clash in search of water. Though six elephants were killed by tigers, two also died fighting each other.
This inter-species violence is indeed rare, elephants tending to move around in large herds, however this is the worst drought in Kerela in the last 115 years.
Whispers of the human impact on climate change are no new phenomena; could the collective environmental degradation carried out by humans also be affecting inter-species relations?..
Read more at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/drought-triggers-fierce-water-war-in-kerala-s-wayanad-as-tigers-kill-elephants/story-LBZn6Yf9hjFROwkjqGXoeK.html
