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New research shows that declining rainfall heightens encounters between people and wildlife, especially carnivores, revealing how drought reshapes ecological and human behaviour across California. Study: Human-wildlife conflict is amplified during periods of drought. Image Credit: JoeFotos / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers examined the…

“Elephants, Like Us, Have Nowhere To Go”: India’s Human-Wildlife Conflict

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Heggove, Karnataka: 

On the day Yogesh became another of the dozens of Indians trampled to death each year, the coffee plantation worker knew from the firecrackers set off nearby that danger was at hand.

“Everything happened so fast. The elephant suddenly emerged from behind the bushes, trampled him and disappeared,” his younger brother Girish — thin, bearded and wearing a Nike baseball…