Man vs Wild: Can India strike a balance between development and wildlife?

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar & TC SreemolTNN

Jun 1, 2025 | 19:06 IST

Locals in a village in Odisha’s Keonjhar district chasing away a herd of elephants

From learning to live with leopards at the doorstep in Mumbai to poachers-turned-protectors in Periyar, India is finally acknowledging that this land is not just for humans

Last August, the wolves of Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, made the headlines for reportedly killing 10 people, nine of them children, prompting authorities to capture most of the pack.

In December, an elephant died of electrocution by a low-hanging power line in a forest in Assam’s Dibrugarh.

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Man vs Wild: Can India strike a balance between development and wildlife?

From learning to live with leopards at the doorstep in Mumbai to poachers-turned-protectors in Periyar, India is finally acknowledging that this land is not just for humans

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Man vs Wild: Can India strike a balance between development and wildlife?

From learning to live with leopards at the doorstep in Mumbai to poachers-turned-protectors in Periyar, India is finally acknowledging that this land is not just for humans

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