The Madras High Court on Tuesday underscored the need for the Tamil Nadu government to take stern action, such as invocation of the Goondas Act, against those who put up illegal electric fences around their farmland, leading to the electrocution of elephants and other wild animals.

Justices N. Sathish Kumar and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy said it was essential to send a strong message to such people and discourage them from indulging in illegalities. Invocation of the preventive detention laws would help in making them understand