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Disturbing Wildlife Isn’t Fun: IFS Parveen Kaswan Raises Concern Over Human Behavior in Viral Clip

In a follow-up post, Mr. Kaswan elaborated on how elephants, known for their intelligence and complex social behaviour, can experience notable changes in their conduct when disturbed by humans. Such interference can lead to heightened stress, aggressive reactions, and altered movement patterns.
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Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan recently shared a concerning video on the social media platform X, highlighting a distressing incident where a man repeatedly harassed an elephant for amusement. In the video, the elephant, initially calm, becomes visibly agitated and charges at the man, who flees in fear. Despite the clear warning from the animal’s behaviour, the man returns to provoke it again. Expressing his disapproval, Mr. Kaswan posted:

“Identify the animal in this video. Maybe you are young and you can outrun the elephants. But these irritated animals don’t behave peacefully if they see other humans for the next few days. Don’t irritate wild animals for your fun.”

In a follow-up post, Mr. Kaswan elaborated on how elephants, known for their intelligence and complex social behaviour, can experience notable changes in their conduct when disturbed by humans. Such interference can lead to heightened stress, aggressive reactions, and altered movement patterns.

Elephants are highly intelligent and social animals, and their interactions with humans can significantly influence their behavior. Harassment or irritation by humans can lead to several behavioural changes in elephants in the subsequent days:

  1. Increased Stress and Aggression
    •Stress Indicators: Elephants subjected to human disturbances often exhibit signs of stress, such as increased tail swishing, head shaking, trumpeting, and mock charges.
    •Elevated Stress Hormones: Research has shown that human disturbances can lead to elevated levels of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGMs), indicating increased stress.
  2. Memory and Retaliation
    •Anticipatory Behaviour: Due to their ability to remember past threats, elephants may exhibit defensive behaviours when encountering humans, even if no immediate threat is present.
  3. Disruption of Normal Movement Patterns
    •Avoidance Behaviour: Elephants may alter their natural movement patterns to avoid areas where they have experienced harassment, potentially leading to habitat stress. For instance, exposure to human-generated noise has been observed to cause elephants to move further away from the source, indicating retreat behaviour.
  4. Impact on Group Dynamics
    •Social Structure Disruption: Harassment of individual elephants can disrupt the social dynamics of the entire herd, leading to increased vocalisations and erratic group movements as they attempt to protect vulnerable members.
  5. Long-Term Impact on Conservation
    •Human-Elephant Conflict: Negative interactions with humans can lead to increased human-elephant conflict, making conservation efforts more challenging. Early trauma in elephants has been shown to alter their ability to assess threats, potentially leading to inappropriate responses to human presence.

Ethical Responsibility

Harassing elephants is not only unethical but also has tangible consequences on their well-being and behaviour, posing risks to both animals and humans. Respecting wildlife and maintaining a safe distance is crucial for the well-being of these majestic creatures and for human safety.

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