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Photography of wild animals prohibited at wild areas

The lawyer Mrs.Thamarai and her husband came to Ooty for a picnic.One Bison was attacked them while they were taking a selfie in Coonoor Sim's Park.Unfortunately, a couple has died in that incident.

The horticulture sector and acrobatics warned the people not to move closer to the wild animals.They also warned not to take selfie photos.

Particularly Kallatty road and Mysore Road is closer to the wild forest area.So the wild animals such as Elephant, Deer and Bison are mostly roaming at the roads.

The acrobatics has been monitored the forest area past few days in order to find whether the tourists are obeying the rules or not.But meantime seven of the tourists have taken photos with the wild animals.The acrobatics fined for 7 people who took photos of wild animals.

The forest officials had said that "The flashlight of the camera will make the wild animals angry.The greater risk involved is they might have attacked the humans.So photography inside the forest is strictly prohibited.Serious actions will be taken for the rules broker."