Kannur, Feb. 27 -- A 40-year-old man was killed in a suspected elephant attack at Aralam Farm in Kannur in the early hours of Friday, in yet another incident of human-wildlife conflict in the state's largest tribal settlement.

The deceased has been identified as Aneesh, son of Soman, a resident of Block 10 in Aralam.

Aneesh and his wife, Ambali, had previously worked at the Aralam farm. They depended on manual labour outside the estate. They have two children, a daughter studying in Class 12 and a son in Class 8.The

Kerala cabinet had declared instances of man-animal conflict as a state-specific disaster in 2024.

Key issues include rapid habitat fragmentation, encroachment, and growing populations of animals like wild boars, elephants...