Elephants often visit this area but do not stay here too long because of low availability of food like wild bananas. Officials said that the herd's arrival to the sanctuary is a good sign as presence of elephants deter illegal trespasses, including hunters and smugglers, who may go unnoticed by the forest staff.
Officials are keen plant make wild bananas available across the sanctuary to provide an added incentive for the elephants to make this area their permanent habitat. "Airdropping seeds across the sanctuary would be an ideal option as manual seeding will not yield sufficient result," said deputy range officer, Naning Perme of Borguli Range.
Meanwhile, IFS officers Pradeep Kr Wahule from Maharashtra and Millo Tassar visited the medicinal plantation site of Seram under Mebo territory and the D Ering Wildlife Sanctuary on a probation tour. In a comment in the visitors' register, they said that Seram forest plantation site played a key role in development of medicinal plants and provided an ideal spot to soak in the beauty of the sanctuary. Read the full report here.
Source: Times News Network, Itanagar.
