Data from the latest elephant census report released by the Karnataka Government on August 9 must have been music to the ears of jumbo lovers. As per the report, the number of wild elephants in Karnataka has gone up to 6,395 from 6,049 in 2017.
However, the report also noted that 161 of them were spotted in private lands such as coffee estates.
As much as the state takes pride in having the highest number of elephants in the country, human-elephant conflicts have been a persistent issue.
