Farmer killed after elephant emerges from the Hediyala forest range
A 62-year-old farmer was killed and another injured near Kadagere after a wild elephant entered an agricultural field near the Bandipur landscape.
WildCradles Trust · Conservation
Where the forest ends, the work begins.
We study the landscapes where people and wildlife meet — and work toward a future where forests are not only protected, but rebuilt.
REBUILD THE FOREST·RECONNECT THE LANDSCAPE·CREATE TIME·MAKE ROOM FOR WILDLIFE·+1 TIGER·
01 · Field Notes
Before we change a landscape, we learn to read it.
We spend time where forest meets farmland. We walk wildlife routes, speak with communities and document movement, timing, encounters and warning signs.
Human–wildlife conflict is rarely only an animal problem. It is a landscape problem — and understanding that landscape is where better solutions begin.
MovementWhere does wildlife travel?
TimeWhen does it appear?
PeopleWho is exposed?
InformationWho knows — and who doesn't?
Karnataka · The Living Landscape
Two stories from the same landscape.
People and wildlife share the same edges. These reports keep both sides of that reality visible.
PEOPLE · LOSS · RESPONSE
Human Fatalities
Recent reported deathsReports of people killed in wildlife encounters.Read report →
Search continues after a fatal wild-animal attack near the BRT landscape
Forest teams continued searches using camera traps, thermal drones and other teams after a farmer was killed on 14 September.
Injured leopard attacks forest watcher during rescue
An injured leopard reportedly hit by a vehicle attacked a forest department watcher during a rescue operation.
When the forest enters the field
A long-form report examines recurring wildlife encounters along the forest–farmland interface around Saragur.
WILDLIFE · MORTALITY · RECORDS
Wildlife Fatalities
Reported mortality recordsReported deaths of wildlife across Karnataka.Tiger mortality recorded inside Bandipur Tiger Reserve
The National Tiger Conservation Authority's 2026 mortality register records a tiger mortality at Maragada Kere, Haradanahalli Village, along NH-948, inside Bandipur Tiger Reserve.
Tiger mortality recorded in the Bhadra landscape
The NTCA 2026 mortality register records a tiger mortality in the Muthodi territorial Range of Chikkamagaluru Division, within the Bhadra Tiger Reserve landscape.
Elephant found dead at an estate near Kunjila–Kakkabe
A reported wildlife-mortality incident in Kodagu came amid continuing human–elephant conflict in the district. The reported cause was not established in the cited report.
Wild tusker dies after an electric-fence incident
Green Minute reported that a wild tusker was found dead after being electrocuted by an electric fence around a plantation near Talavara.
Dubare camp elephant dies after injuries sustained in a fight
Elephant Marthanda died after sustaining severe injuries during a clash with another trained elephant at Dubare Elephant Camp, according to officials quoted by PTI.
Sources are linked to the original reports or official records · WildCradles does not independently verify every reported detail.
02 · The Landscape
A forest is more than a boundary.
Bandipur and its surrounding landscape are a mosaic of protected forests, villages and agricultural land. The map shows the landscape in which WildCradles intends to work.
Protected forest · settlements · agriculture · broad connectivityIllustrative conservation overlays; not cadastral boundaries.
03 · Rebuilding the Forest
We don't only want to protect the forest that remains.
We want to help rebuild the forest that was lost. WildCradles intends to identify strategically important land adjoining existing forests and, where suitable, work toward acquiring it through conservation funding — then restoring it into habitat.
01
Identify
Find land where restoration could strengthen or reconnect habitat.
02
Acquire
Mobilise donations, partnerships and conservation funding to secure suitable land.
03
Restore
Support native regeneration and ecological restoration.
04
Reconnect
Strengthen links between fragmented forest patches.
05
Protect
Keep restored habitat protected for the long term.
The WildCradles idea
01PROTECT
Defend the landscapes that still hold wildlife.
02REBUILD
Bring strategically important land back toward forest.
03CONNECT
Give wildlife larger, safer landscapes to move through.
04ENABLE
Give people the information and time to coexist.
This is not a project with an end date. It is a landscape-scale ambition.
A Long-Term Conservation Ambition
+1 TIGER
Can the landscapes we restore become capable of supporting more wildlife?
+1 Tiger is WildCradles' north-star ambition for rebuilding habitat at landscape scale — not a promise that restoration automatically produces a tiger. The ecological outcome depends on habitat, prey, connectivity, protection and many other conditions.
04 · The Wild
Different animals. Different conflicts. One landscape.
Asian Elephant
The moving forest.
Elephants do not recognise our boundaries. Their paths cross farms, roads and settlements because the landscape they move through existed long before those boundaries did.
How can understanding movement and timing give people more time?
Bengal Tiger
The presence you don't see.
A tiger can pass through a landscape without most people ever knowing. For someone living beside its habitat, knowing that it is there can change everything.
How can better information reduce dangerous encounters?
Leopard
The edge dweller.
Leopards can move through landscapes shaped by both people and wildlife. Their ability to remain close to human habitation makes awareness, reporting and coexistence increasingly important.
Can communities respond better when wildlife presence becomes visible?
Sloth Bear
The unexpected encounter.
Some conflicts happen with almost no warning. Understanding where people and wildlife overlap can help communities prepare before an encounter happens.
Can preparedness turn uncertainty into safety?
05 · Time Is The Fence
TIME
IS THE FENCE.
A physical boundary cannot always keep people and wildlife apart. Sometimes the most important protection is information arriving before the animal does.
A warning.A message.A few minutes.A person leaves the field.An elephant crosses.The encounter never happens.
06 · Vanya Wildlife Intelligence
Turn an encounter into intelligence.
A sighting is more than a photograph. It can tell us where wildlife is moving, when it is active and where people and animals repeatedly meet.
Vanya is being developed to turn individual observations into a shared picture of the landscape.
REPORT → MAP → UNDERSTAND → ALERT → ACT
07 · Research
Come study the landscape.
WildCradles intends to facilitate field-based research opportunities for students, researchers, institutions and conservation practitioners.
We believe conservation becomes stronger when observation, local knowledge and scientific research meet on the ground.
Human–wildlife conflict +
Landscape ecology +
Wildlife movement +
Habitat restoration +
Community coexistence +
Geospatial mapping +
Conservation technology +
Research activities are subject to relevant permissions, Forest Department requirements, community considerations and field-safety protocols.
08 · Join The Work
Conservation needs people.
Give your time
Volunteer
Field work, research, technology, mapping, media and community programmes.
Volunteer with WildCradles →Give the land a future
Donate
Support land acquisition, habitat restoration, community safety, research and conservation technology.
Support WildCradles →09 · The Future
THE FOREST DOESN’T HAVE TO END WHERE THE MAP SAYS IT ENDS.
We can rebuild it — one parcel, one restored habitat, one connected landscape at a time.
+1 TIGER
10 · Get Involved
What will you help us build?
Research. Field partnerships. Volunteering. Support for the landscapes we want to restore.
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Support habitat restoration
Help us rebuild the forest.
We are building toward a model where conservation funding can help secure strategically important land, restore habitat and reconnect forests.