According to the Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department, the elephants have traditionally emigrated between the State Namsai area and Myanmar through the Namdapha National Park and the Tigres Reserve. | Photo credit: special arrangement
An elephant has been caught in the camera in the most eastern tigers reserve in India after 12 years, feeding the hopes of conservation.
Officials who handle the Namdapha Namdapha National Park of 1.985 km and the Tigre reserve in the Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, said an adult male elephant was recorded in the Kathan region of the northwest part of Namdapha.
Park field director, VK Jawal, said it is known that elephants are forged in the marginal areas of the Tigre reserve occasionally, but the presence of a deeper inside the forest was “transcendental.”

A team led by Mr. Jawal and Biri Karba, the Forest Range Officer of the Namdapha Wildlife Range and the Research Wing, captured the male elephant on January 13, 2025. The last sighting was in 2013.
“This sighting is of great importance, since it offers critical ideas about the presence and movement patterns of elephants in the park. It also highlights the crucial need for continuous patrols in areas of vulnerable central limits, particularly the Kathan region, ”said the field director.
According to the Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department, the elephants have traditionally emigrated between the State Namsai area and Myanmar through the Namdapha National Park and the Tigres Reserve. The route used by the elephants was Boga Pahad-Bulbulia-Firmbase-Embeyong-52nd Mileh-Kodboi-Myanmar.
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Embeyong’s 38 lower and 38 areas have been under invasion since 1996. The 52-mile area, from where the elephants used department.
As a result of the invasions, the elephants have greatly remained in the northern parts of Namdapha, sometimes venturing into marginal areas, including Khachang and singing villages under the circle of Miao, often causing conflict of human elephants and economic loss to the villagers, the declaration, the statement said.
Mr. Jawal asked communities that live around the Tigres Reserve to work together with the Namdapha authority for the conservation of wildlife and the reopening of elephant corridors.
Published – January 27, 2025 05:20 pm isth