Attack on Elephant by Tiger, A Choice of food or Struggle for Survival, Ecological Study in Corbett Tiger Reserve, Ramnagar and Uttrakhand, India

Abstract

Corbett Landscape and Corbett Tiger Reserve is a beautiful place of roar and trumpets. Tiger is a very intelligent animal and are able to survive in any situation. In dry summer season the fulfillments of vital need become tight and tough for all. Especially prey species aggregates near water bodies. On the other hand tiger is territorial animal. Dry season depicts extra efforts to catch the prey by tiger. Different dynamics of Predator-prey relationship is recorded in this season. Total 8 cases of elephant's mortality with tiger attack sign were ceased. Total 120 scats were analyzed. Scat analysis resulted less daily requirement of tiger. Ecological requirements are 4-5 kg per day. But scat analysis resulted very less in rest of proper daily consumption. Mostly attacks on elephant recorded in the month of June or in dry season. Such type of tough situation the tiger movement become in human-dominated landscape for easy prey (Livestock predation). The chances of conflicts are more and more in these periods. Increasing rate of conflicts is always die heart for tiger as well as human beings.

Use of Human Dominated Landscape as Connectivity Corridors among Fragmented Habitats for Wild Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in the Eastern Part of Thailand

“…The distribution of wild elephants in the eastern part of Thailand was analyzed using 10 environmental variables: average sea level (m), percentage slope (%), topography, forest types, distance to water source (m), distance to saltlick (m), distance to road (m), distance to village (m), distance to nearest protected area (m), and land use [1,3,[26][27][28][29][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43].…”

“…They are scattered among 13 range countries in Asia and occupy only 5% of their original habitat range [24]. However, populations of wild elephant are on the rise, especially in the lowland evergreen forest areas in eastern Thailand, because of habitat suitability in the protected areas and the loss of large predators [25]; elephants are not the proper food choice of tigers, but eight cases were recorded in the Corbett Tiger Reserve [26].…”