Kerala has announced a 100-day action plan to tackle human-animal conflict with AI monitoring, drone squads, expanded solar fencing, more response teams and higher compensation for victims. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/ai-drones-and-solar-fences-keralas-new-war-on-human-animal-conflict-q80fcosh?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Kerala #HumanAnimalConflict #WildlifeConflict

US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/millionaire-hunter-dies-elephants-gabon

You don't often hear about wild animals scoring a win quite like this in human-animal conflict. When it involves a rich, entitled knob who thinks committing gun crimes against animals is "sport", that's a reason for celebration.

The serial killer, who had a history of murdering elephants and lions, had invaded the territory of five adult female elephants and a baby elephant. The adults successfully defended their young. They had to act quickly, so in lieu of the traditional means of dispensing with an unwanted millionaire by guillotine, they improvised and trampled him to death. Contrary to popular belief, the soles of elephants' feet are very sensitive, so I hope they didn't experience any discomfort from stepping on the trash.

#HumanAnimalConflict #Elephants #GameHunting #TrophyHunting

US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants

Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured

The Guardian
SC questions stray dog feeding in public, accountability for attacks, and risks to wildlife. The bench raised concerns about the implementation of ABC Rules, human-animal conflict, and possible solutions. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/supreme-court-stray-dog-feeding-attack-query-nkxznovg?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #straydog #SC #publicfeeding #ABCprogramme #humananimalconflict
Human-Elephant Interaction in India

Personal Perspective: A new podcast describes solastalgia, the adverse mental health impacts of a changing environment, on both humans and elephants in southern India.

Psychology Today
Asiatic lion - Wikipedia

#WildlifePhotographerOfTheYear #NationalGeographic
#BrentStirton #Virunga #HumanAnimalConflict

Übrigens haben wir uns gestern im Live-Stream von #RobertMarcLehmann die Gewinnerfotos von den National Geographic Wildlife Photographer of the Year angeschaut. Eine Fotostrecke fand ich besonders emotional und sehr gut, weil der Fotograf immer schonungslos den Mensch-Natur-Tier-Konflikt einfängt und das 'bigger picture' dahinter zu sehen ist. Mich hat die Fotostrecke von ihm zum diesjährigen Contest total berührt (man kann das wohl leider nicht öffentlich sehen).
Der Fotograf: https://www.nationalgeographic.de/fotograf/brent-stirton

Das erste Foto, das man auf der Fotografenseite sieht, ist über einen Piloten, der für den Virunga Nationalpark arbeitet.
Über ein Foto eines in den Armen seines Pflegers sterbenden Menschenaffen, ein prämiertes Foto für den diesjährigen Contest, und auch über die Fotostrecke sind wir im Stream auf den Film "Virunga" gekommen, der die Geschichte um den Kampf zum Schutz des gleichnamigen Nationalparks erzählt.
Der Film ist schon von 2014, aber ich kannte den bisher nicht.
Laut Robert soll der Film sehr gut sein.
Falls ihr den noch nicht kennt, er ist auf Netflix verfügbar.

Hier der Trailer dazu:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxXf2Vxj_EU

Invidious:
https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=wxXf2Vxj_EU

Brent Stirton

National Geographic