<p>Bengaluru: Weeks after the grazing of cattle inside the Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary came under spotlight, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre on Tuesday directed the department to enforce a ban on the same as per the law in all the notified forests.</p><p>Last month, five tigers were poisoned in an act of revenge by farmers who had lost cattle. The MM Hills division had come under scrutiny in the days following the deaths. Among the many matters that came to the fore were the grazing of cattle within the sanctuary.</p>.Tiger deaths: Karnataka govt suspends MM Hills DCF.<p>In a note to the Additional Chief Secretary of the department as well as the principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife), the minister said a large number of grazing through the forest area will affect regeneration of forest and also risk spreading diseases.</p><p>"If there is no forest regeneration, the rivers flowing through these areas will be affected. This will further lead to man-animal conflict. At the same time, there is no provision for compensating the death of cattle inside the protected areas," the minister stated.</p><p>The note also referred to the Madras High Court order in WP 8466 of 2020 directing the authorities to ban cattle grazing in forest area. The order stated, "The authorities are directed not to allow any domesticated cattle to venture into the forest area for the purpose of grazing, throughout the forest area in Tamil Nadu," it said.</p><p>Referring to the incident in MM Hills sanctuary, Khandre noted that killing of cattle inside the forest had led to poisoning of a tigress and four cubs in the Hoogyam range. In the interest of wildlife conservation, action should be taken as per the law to ban grazing of cattle inside forests, the note said.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Weeks after the grazing of cattle inside the Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Sanctuary came under spotlight, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre on Tuesday directed the department to enforce a ban on the same as per the law in all the notified forests.</p><p>Last month, five tigers were poisoned in an act of revenge by farmers who had lost cattle. The MM Hills division had come under scrutiny in the days following the deaths. Among the many matters that came to the fore were the grazing of cattle within the sanctuary.</p>.Tiger deaths: Karnataka govt suspends MM Hills DCF.<p>In a note to the Additional Chief Secretary of the department as well as the principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife), the minister said a large number of grazing through the forest area will affect regeneration of forest and also risk spreading diseases.</p><p>"If there is no forest regeneration, the rivers flowing through these areas will be affected. This will further lead to man-animal conflict. At the same time, there is no provision for compensating the death of cattle inside the protected areas," the minister stated.</p><p>The note also referred to the Madras High Court order in WP 8466 of 2020 directing the authorities to ban cattle grazing in forest area. The order stated, "The authorities are directed not to allow any domesticated cattle to venture into the forest area for the purpose of grazing, throughout the forest area in Tamil Nadu," it said.</p><p>Referring to the incident in MM Hills sanctuary, Khandre noted that killing of cattle inside the forest had led to poisoning of a tigress and four cubs in the Hoogyam range. In the interest of wildlife conservation, action should be taken as per the law to ban grazing of cattle inside forests, the note said.</p>