In view of the increase in human-wildlife conflict situation in Mysuru and surrounding region, a one-day workshop was conducted for the field staff of the Forest Department, here on Wednesday.
Apart from brushing off their knowledge in handling wildlife conflicts the workshop also served as a refresher and reorientation course that reinforced their learning from their field experience.
Nearly 100 Forest Department staff including 45 from leopard task force, 32 from elephant task force, 20 contractor workers deployed in field and forest department staff from Bidar, took part in the workshop.
