Wildlife managers in Wayanad, a region known for human-wildlife conflict, have stepped up measures to ensure fodder and water for migrating wild animals from the adjacent tiger reserves in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
During summer, hundreds of higher mammals such as elephants and guars begin their seasonal migration to the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) in search of fodder and water. Elephants and gaur migrate to the sanctuary from the adjacent Bandipur and Nagarhole national parks in Karnataka and the Mudumalai national park in Tamil Nadu owing to the drought-like situation there.
“The WWS sanctuary is a haven for wild animals during the summer owing to the easy availability of fodder and water throughout the year. Though the sanctuary is yet to get summer rains, the majority of waterholes in the sanctuary have sufficient water,” says a sanctuary official.
