Elephant set to carry howdah in next Dussehra dies in attack by rouge tusker
2 years ago

Elephant set to carry howdah in next Dussehra dies in attack by rouge tusker

Hindustan Times  

An elephant pitched to be the successor to carry the golden howdah during the next years’s Dussehra celebration in Mysuru, died on Wednesday from injuries sustained in a fight with another elephant in the district’s Hunsur city, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. According to the forest department officials, the elephant was staying in Veeranahosalli elephant camp near Hunsur after participating in the Mysuru Dussehra festival, where he has been a constant participant. Last Dussehra, Gopalaswamy had carried a wooden howdah for 5 kilometres comfortably, the director said, adding, “and he was found to be fit to carry the howdah for next year’s celebrations but unfortunately he died”. Gopalaswamy had also led a herd of elephants in the Srirangapatna Dussehra celebrations in October last year and was part of the forest department operations during the human-animal conflict, he said.

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Elephant electrocuted by overhead wire in MP
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Elephant electrocuted by overhead wire in MP

Deccan Chronicle  

Maihar: A wild elephant was on Friday found electrocuted in Maihar district of Madhya Pradesh after apparently coming in contact with a high-tension overhead electricity wire, a forest official said.The dead tusker was found in Mukundpur range, four kilometres from the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve where ten wild elephants died recently after consuming some poisonous substance, he said. The elephant appeared …

Elephant herd causes chaos in Andhra's villages, destroys crops and vehicles
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Elephant herd causes chaos in Andhra's villages, destroys crops and vehicles

New Indian Express  

PARVATHIPURAM-MANYAM: The herd of seven elephants including a calf has been giving sleepless nights to the residents of several villages as well as the forest officials for the past few days in Parvathipuram mandal by destroying standing crops, trampling vehicles and creating havoc. Forest officials on Wednesday promulgated section 144 in Venkampeta and surrounding villages to avoid any untoward incident …

Injured elephant found with multiple arrow wounds in Odisha's Nuagarh reserve forest
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Injured elephant found with multiple arrow wounds in Odisha's Nuagarh reserve forest

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: A male elephant was found grievously wounded on Sunday after being reportedly shot by poachers with arrows in Nuagarh reserve forest of Narasinghpur eastern range under Athagarh forest division. Unable to bear the pain due to multiple arrow wounds, the elephant was violently trumpeting while moving around the water body. Divisional forest officer of Athagarh JD Pati said on …

Abhimanyu is howdah jumbo, other elephants finalised
4 months, 1 week ago

Abhimanyu is howdah jumbo, other elephants finalised

The Hindu  

Abhimanyu will be the lead tusker in this year’s Dasara festivities as it will carry the famed 750-kg golden howdah. It will be leading the first batch of elephants that are going to march to Mysuru on August 21 from their respective jungle camps as part of Gajapayana. The final list of Dasara elephants includes Abhimanyu, Mahendra, Gopi, Bheema, Prashantha, …

3 of family, neighbour trampled to death by wild elephant in C’garh: Officials
4 months, 2 weeks ago

3 of family, neighbour trampled to death by wild elephant in C’garh: Officials

Hindustan Times  

Raipur: At least four people, including three of a family, were killed after they came under attack from a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur, officials aware of the incident said. Officials said that the incident took place in the Gamhriya area of Bagicha Nagar Panchayat on the intervening night of Friday. Jitendra Upadhyay, divisional forest officer Jashpur division, said that …

Farmer trampled to death by wild elephant in Krishnagiri
5 months ago

Farmer trampled to death by wild elephant in Krishnagiri

New Indian Express  

KRISHNAGIRI : A 45-year-old man died in a wild elephant attack in Pansumandoddi village near Jawalagiri in Krishnagiri district on Thursday. The deceased was D Paramesh, a farmer.He was trampled to death likely by a tuskless male elephant in his farmland around 7 am on Thursday, said a forest department source. Villagers informed the forest and police departments and staged …

Elephant calf found weak and alone in Erode’s Sathyamangalam forest
6 months, 1 week ago

Elephant calf found weak and alone in Erode’s Sathyamangalam forest

The Hindu  

An elephant calf, aged between two and three years that had been united with an adult female elephant after the death of its mother, was found weak and wandering alone in the Sathyamangalam forest in Erode district. On April 11, a female wild elephant, aged between 45 and 50 years, was found sick at Pudukuiyanur village in Vadavalli, Sathyamangalam, along …

After mom’s rejection, jumbo calf taken to Theppakkadu camp
6 months, 2 weeks ago

After mom’s rejection, jumbo calf taken to Theppakkadu camp

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: A wild elephant calf that could not be reunited with its mother was brought to the elephant camp at Theppakkadu in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Nilgiris district on Sunday morning. Coimbatore forest veterinary officer A Sukumar, Madukkarai forest range officer P Arunkumar and a few others travelled along with the elephant. Since May 30 morning two veterinarians— Sukumar and …

Elephant calf rescued from 30-feet-deep well in the Nilgiris
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Elephant calf rescued from 30-feet-deep well in the Nilgiris

The Hindu  

After an eight-hour-long operation, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department rescued an elephant calf that had fallen into an almost 30-feet-deep well in Kurinchi Nagar in Kollapalli, Pandalur on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Tamil Nadu Foresters in Gudalur Forest Division in Nilgiris have successfully rescued a juvenile elephant from a 30 feet deep sand well in a farmland where… pic.twitter.com/alZTvmVIBD — …

Elephant dies of electrocution in Chikkmagaluru
7 months, 1 week ago

Elephant dies of electrocution in Chikkmagaluru

Hindustan Times  

A 40-year-old elephant, which had been causing menace in human habitats for past several months, was electrocuted in a coffee estate in Kere Haklu village in Aldur forest range in Chikkmagaluru district on Saturday night, people familiar with the matter said. The forest officials said that the elephant had killed three people in the Aldur range in the last eight …

Elephant captured on the forest fringes released to the core area
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant captured on the forest fringes released to the core area

The Hindu  

An elephant that was repeatedly straying into the human landscape abutting Bandipur and causing crop damage was captured by the Forest Department authorities on Wednesday. The operation to capture the elephant involved the camp elephants led by Ishwar, Kanjan, Srirama, Lakshmana from Dubare and Rohith from Ramapura elephant camp. The elephants took part in the combing operations and helped the …

Wild elephant that killed 2 in Telangana tramples 3 more in Gadchiroli
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Wild elephant that killed 2 in Telangana tramples 3 more in Gadchiroli

Hindustan Times  

NAGPUR: A wild elephant strayed into south Gadchiroli’s Bhamragarh region and trampled three people to death including two women over the last five days, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. A herd of 23 elephants entered the eastern Maharashtra district of Gadchiroli from Chhattisgarh’s Bastar forests in 2021 Gadchiroli circle conservator of forests Ramesh Kumar said the male …

Elephant found dead, with tusks missing, in T.N.’s Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Elephant found dead, with tusks missing, in T.N.’s Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

The Hindu  

A wild elephant, aged between 18 and 20 years, was found dead with its tusks missing at the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Talavadi Hills, Erode district, on April 22. During a routine patrol, a Forest Department team found the fully decomposed carcass in a forest near Gumtapuram village in the Talavadi Forest Range of Hasanur Division, and alerted senior officials. …

Forest officials capture one more tusker in Hassan
8 months ago

Forest officials capture one more tusker in Hassan

The Hindu  

Forest Department officials captured one more tusker after sedating it with tranquilizer dart at Nidigere forest near Hettur in Sakleshpur taluk of Hassan on Sunday. The staff, with the help of tamed elephants, captured the tusker, which the local people identified as Seege, aged about 25 to 30 years. The veterinarians fired the tranquilizer dart around 12.30 p.m and within …

Ailing wild elephant dies in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu
8 months, 1 week ago

Ailing wild elephant dies in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

A female wild elephant, aged between 45 and 50 years, that was treated by the Forest Department, died in a forest area at the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, here on Thursday night. During a patrol on Thursday morning, staff found the elephant lying unconscious at Pudukuiyanur village at Vadavalli in Sathyamangalam Forest Range and alerted senior officials. Kulal Yogesh Vilas, Deputy …

Ailing wild elephant being treated at Sathyamangalam
8 months, 1 week ago

Ailing wild elephant being treated at Sathyamangalam

The Hindu  

A team of veterinarians are treating a sick female elephant in a forest area at Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve on Thursday, April 11, 2024. During patrolling, a Forest Department team found the elephant, aged between 45 to 50, lying unconscious at Pudukuiyanur beat at Vadavalli in Sathyamangalam Forest Range and alerted senior officials. It may be recalled that on March 5, …

Straying tusker in human habitats in Wayanad driven away to forest
8 months, 1 week ago

Straying tusker in human habitats in Wayanad driven away to forest

The Hindu  

Forest department officials drove away a problematic tusker, known among residents as ‘Muttikomban’, to the forest from a human habitat at Panayamabam under the Kurichyad forest range in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary on April 10. Though a team of Forest officials drove away the elephant into the forest at Kallurkunnu with the assistance of three trained elephants of Muthanga elephant …

Elephant calf found abandoned near Coimbatore shifted to Theppakadu camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant calf found abandoned near Coimbatore shifted to Theppakadu camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

The Hindu  

An elephant calf that was found abandoned near Periyanaickenpalayam in Coimbatore district on April 6, 2024, was taken to the Theppakadu elephant camp in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Nilgiris, on Wednesday, April 10. The decision to move the male calf, aged around three months, to the elephant camp, was taken late on Tuesday, April 9, after a final attempt made …

Ailing elephant that was treated by Forest Department dies in MTR
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ailing elephant that was treated by Forest Department dies in MTR

The Hindu  

A six-year-old male elephant that was found in a weak state in Masinagudi in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve a few days ago was found dead on Tuesday. The cause of death of the animal could have possibly been exacerbated by the lack of rain in the landscape, leading to the deterioration of health of an already weak animal, Forest Department …

Ailing wild elephant dies in Erode’s Kadambur Hills
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ailing wild elephant dies in Erode’s Kadambur Hills

The Hindu  

A female wild elephant, aged between 35 and 40 years, being treated by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, died in a forest at the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Erode district on Monday night. During a patrol on Monday morning, a Forest Department team had found the elephant in severe distress, lying unconscious in a trench along the road at Musalmaduvu …

Ailing elephant treated by T.N. Forest Department near Mudumalai
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ailing elephant treated by T.N. Forest Department near Mudumalai

The Hindu  

A six-year-old male elephant, found in a state of severe distress near Masinagudi in the Singara Forest Range, was treated by veterinarians from the Tamil Nadu Forest Department on Friday, April 5, 2024. According to officials, the stricken elephant was found in a private property along the Masinagudi to Singara road on Friday morning by local residents, who informed the …

Tribal woman killed by wild elephant in forest bordering Wayanad, Malappuram
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tribal woman killed by wild elephant in forest bordering Wayanad, Malappuram

New Indian Express  

KALPETTA: A 33-year-old tribal woman, who was out collecting wild honey, was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Parappanpara in the Meppadi forest range of Wayanad on Thursday. This was the fourth death in wild elephant attacks in Wayanad this year. The wild elephant attack took place around 10km away from Meppadi deep inside the forest. Meanwhile, the …

Elephant kills elderly man in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur district
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Elephant kills elderly man in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur district

Deccan Chronicle  

Balrampur, Mar 26 A 65-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur district, a forest official said on Tuesday. Ramsurat God was attacked by the jumbo on Monday night near Hadhi Mahan river under Rajpur forest range when he was returning to his village after celebrating Holi at a relative's place, he said. On his …

Elephant killed in Assam after getting hit and dragged by train
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant killed in Assam after getting hit and dragged by train

Hindustan Times  

A young adult wild elephant was killed in Assam’s Lakhimpur after being hit by a speeding train on Monday. According to officials of Northeast Frontier Railway, the incident happened at around 4.40pm two days ago when the elephant came under the Rangiya-Murkongselek Passenger train near Gogamukh area of Lakhimpur district and sustained grievous injuries. “We reached the spot with a …

Wild elephant enters densely populated area near Dharmapuri; tranquilisation risky
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Wild elephant enters densely populated area near Dharmapuri; tranquilisation risky

New Indian Express  

Speaking to TNIE, forest department staff said, “The tusker could have lost its sense of direction at night and have wandered near A Gollahalli. Because of its current position, we are unable to conduct an elephant drive because there is an increasing risk of the tusker wandering into the residential areas in the municipality.” Sources added it would be pointless …

Man dies as elephant attacks autorickshaw in Munnar
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Man dies as elephant attacks autorickshaw in Munnar

New Indian Express  

IDUKKI: A 46-year-old man died after a wild elephant attacked an autorickshaw near Munnar on Monday evening. The attack took place around 10pm near the Top Division tea estate workers’ colony in Kanimala, according to officials. Suresh was taking a family of three, who were returning after a school anniversary programme in Munnar, and two migrant workers to Kanimala when …

Elephant Enters Kerala Home, Tramples Man To Death; Locals Stage Protest
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant Enters Kerala Home, Tramples Man To Death; Locals Stage Protest

News 18  

A radio-collared wild elephant broke the gate and entered the premises of a house in Kerala’s Wayanad before chasing a 42-year-old man and attacking him to death on Saturday morning. Meanwhile, the Kerala forest department has said a tusker with a radio collar fitted by the Karnataka forest department was seen in the Wayanad forest area two days before the …

Wild elephant Thanneerkomban death: Experts point to lapses in mission, Kerala forest minister orders probe
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Wild elephant Thanneerkomban death: Experts point to lapses in mission, Kerala forest minister orders probe

New Indian Express  

Wildlife experts are irked that despite being aware that the elephant, in its 20s, was tranquillised just 18 days ago by Karnataka forest officials, a decision was taken to dart it again on Friday without checking its health condition. A top elephant expert, on condition of anonymity, raised serious aspersions against the forest officials who were involved in the mission …

Elephant dies during translocation in K’taka
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant dies during translocation in K’taka

Hindustan Times  

Tanneer Komban, a wild elephant captured in Mananthawady in Kerala’s Wayanad district, died untimely on Saturday at the Rampura elephant camp in Bandipur Tiger Reserve during a relocation attempt, raising concerns about the handling of such operations and the welfare of wildlife. Tanneer Komban, the wild elephant that died, was captured in Mananthawady in Kerala’s Wayanad district. An autopsy was …

Wild elephant keeps Wayanad town on toes for hours
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Wild elephant keeps Wayanad town on toes for hours

Deccan Chronicle  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Normal life was thrown out of gear in Mananthavady town of Wayanad District in Kerala on Friday after a wild elephant strayed into thickly populated areas of the township creating panic among the people. With the elephant moving around in the thickly populated areas of the township, Wayanad district collector Dr Renu Raj clamped prohibitory orders in Mananthavady municipality …

Forest department provides financial assistance to relatives of man trampled to death in Idukki
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Forest department provides financial assistance to relatives of man trampled to death in Idukki

The Hindu  

The Forest department handed over ₹50,000 as immediate financial assistance to the relatives of a 79-year-old man who was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Thenmala, near Gundumala, in Munnar on Tuesday. According to Forest department officials, K. Palraj of Coimbatore was attacked by the elephant near a wedding reception venue on Tuesday night around 9.45 p.m. Munnar …

Elephant forcefully enters Haridwar district court, causes panic
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Elephant forcefully enters Haridwar district court, causes panic

Hindustan Times  

Chaos ensued at the district court in Haridwar, Uttrakhand after an elephant broke the gate and entered the premises. Elephant tore down the gate of district court in Haridwar. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} "In areas adjacent to jungles, there have been many occurrences where an Elephant made its way into Haridwar, in this instance it was the District Collector's office, …

Elephant Arjuna of Dasara fame dies after being attacked by wild tusker in Sakleshpur
1 year ago

Elephant Arjuna of Dasara fame dies after being attacked by wild tusker in Sakleshpur

The Hindu  

December 04, 2023 04:55 pm | Updated 08:16 pm IST - Shivamogga Sixty four-year-old Arjuna, the elephant that carried the golden howdah during the Dasara procession, died in a fight with a wild elephant during the elephant capture operation near Yeslur in Sakleshpur on Monday. During the operation, a wild tusker attacked Arjuna, who succumbed to injuries he suffered in …

Forest Department rescues juvenile elephant from water storage tank near Coimbatore
1 year, 1 month ago

Forest Department rescues juvenile elephant from water storage tank near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

In an early morning operation, the Forest Department rescued a juvenile male elephant that fell into a water storage tank in a farm near Madukkarai in Coimbatore district on Thursday, November 23, 2023. According to the Forest Department, a herd of elephants entered human habitations from Madukkarai forest range’s Mangalapalayam beat early Thursday morning. Forest Department staff rescued a juvenile …

Makhna translocated from Pollachi village to Valprai in Anamalai Tiger Reserve found dead
1 year, 1 month ago

Makhna translocated from Pollachi village to Valprai in Anamalai Tiger Reserve found dead

The Hindu  

A makhna that was translocated by the Forest Department from a village near Pollachi to Chinna Kallar in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve near Valparai in July this year was found dead on Sunday. A #makhna that was translocated from a village near #Pollachi to #Valparai in #Coimbatore district in July this year was found on Sunday. Forest Department suspects that …

Elephants Roam in Gottivalasa for 10 days, Forest Department Warns Villagers
1 year, 1 month ago

Elephants Roam in Gottivalasa for 10 days, Forest Department Warns Villagers

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Elephant herds have been roaming in Gottivalasa village for the past 10 days. The forest department has alerted the surrounding villages of Gollavanivalasa, Dalivalasa, Vudhavolu, Sivvam, Kothuru, Kotnanaraminaiduvalasa, and Vulibhadra in Garugubilli mandal to be cautious, as the elephant herds are expected to remain in the area for the next couple of days. The forest department has cautioned the …

Zookeeper Death: Attempts to Train Wild Elephant Largely Unsuccessful
1 year, 2 months ago

Zookeeper Death: Attempts to Train Wild Elephant Largely Unsuccessful

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Negligence in training the 40-year-old elephant, Vijay, who was captured in the wild, could have resulted in the death of 23-year-old animal keeper Shahbaz at the Nehru Zoological Park on Saturday, said sources, adding that Vijay had been showing aggressive behaviour for the past 12 years. Three months ago, a special adviser from Chennai who visited the zoo had …

Wild elephant tramples forest ranger to death in Assam, injures four others
1 year, 2 months ago

Wild elephant tramples forest ranger to death in Assam, injures four others

Hindustan Times  

A forest ranger was killed and four others injured after a team of the forest department came under attack by a wild elephant in Assam’s Jorhat district on Thursday night. The deceased forest ranger has been identified as Atul Kalita According to the officials, the incident took place in the Bijoy Nagar area of Jorhat’s Titabor when a herd of …

Elephant killed in train-hit incident in Nainital: Forest officials
1 year, 3 months ago

Elephant killed in train-hit incident in Nainital: Forest officials

Hindustan Times  

An elephant was killed in the wee hours on Thursday after being hit by a train on the Ramnagar-Moradabad route near Ampokhra in Ramnagar of Nainital. Carcass of the elephant killed in train hit incident in Ampokhra forest range. This is the second such incident of elephant death due to a train-hit incident within three days reported form the state. …

Tracking injured elephant’s recovery: Hassan forest dept
1 year, 3 months ago

Tracking injured elephant’s recovery: Hassan forest dept

Hindustan Times  

The wild elephant, Bhima, which killed a forest guard HV Venkatesh on August 31, is recovering from its wounds, forest department officers said. “We are closely watching the movement of the elephant and the wound is getting better,” Hassan deputy conservator of forests Mohan Kumar said. Meanwhile, president of Kuniganahalli gram panchayat Shilpa Jagadeesh said, “The elephant is still suffering …

Severed elephant head, with tusks removed, found floating in W Bengal river
1 year, 4 months ago

Severed elephant head, with tusks removed, found floating in W Bengal river

Hindustan Times  

Forest officials in north Bengal recovered the severed head of an elephant floating down a river in Alipurduar district on Friday. The elephant’s tusks were missing and this prompted the officials to suspect that the animal was killed by poachers somewhere in Assam. On Friday evening, villagers living near Volka range of Buxa Tiger Reserve spotted the severed elephant head …

Makhna captured from Village near Pollachi for translocation
1 year, 4 months ago

Makhna captured from Village near Pollachi for translocation

The Hindu  

The Forest Department captured and translocated a crop-raiding makhna that had been translocated from Dharmapuri to the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in February this year, from a village near Pollachi in Coimbatore district on Monday. The elephant, however, strayed from the ATR forests and travelled over 100 km to reach Perur near Coimbatore city after two weeks. But the elephant did …

Elephant carcass exhumed from private estate in Kerala, 4 held
1 year, 5 months ago

Elephant carcass exhumed from private estate in Kerala, 4 held

Hindustan Times  

KOCHI: Forest officials in Kerala exhumed the carcass of a wild male elephant from a private rubber estate based on a tip-off in Thrissur district’s Vazhakkode in a suspected case connected to ivory trade on Friday Kodanad forest range officials arrested 1, detained 3 in connection with an attempted ivory-trade case. ) When forest officials in Machad range excavated the …

Man killed in elephant attack, female elephant found dead near Coimbatore
1 year, 6 months ago

Man killed in elephant attack, female elephant found dead near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

A 57-year-old tribal man was trampled to death by a wild elephant, and a female elephant was found dead in separate incidents near Anaikatti in Coimbatore district on Sunday, June 18, 2023. Female elephant found dead Meanwhile, a female elephant was found dead on poramboke land close to a reserve forest near Anaikatti on Sunday evening. Forest Department staff spotted …

5 forest staff booked for burning elephant carcass in MP
1 year, 7 months ago

5 forest staff booked for burning elephant carcass in MP

Hindustan Times  

Five Madhya Pradesh Forest Department staff stationed at Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve were booked on Thursday under Wild Life Act, 1972 for destroying the evidence of a wild elephant’s death by burning its carcass in November, said officials on Saturday. “The forest officials said they found the semi-decomposed body of the elephant in Chhatwa village of Panpatha buffer zone of Bandhavgarh …

Kerala elephant who terrorised villagers released in reserve
1 year, 7 months ago

Kerala elephant who terrorised villagers released in reserve

Hindustan Times  

A bull elephant notorious for breaking into homes and ration shops to steal rice, earning him the moniker of Arikomban was on Sunday morning released into the deep interiors of Periyar Tiger Reserve, forest officials said. This picture taken on April 29, 2023, shows forest officials transporting 'Arikomban' the wild elephant, at Idukki district in India's Kerala state. Giving details …

58-year-old man trampled to death by elephant in Jharkhand
1 year, 8 months ago

58-year-old man trampled to death by elephant in Jharkhand

Hindustan Times  

A 58-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, police said on Saturday. The elephant attacked Bibhuti, who has a hearing problem, and trampled him to death, police said. Bibhuti Sahis went to the forest near Gobarghusi village in Patamda police station area along with one Shatrughan Singh, 60, to collect firewood on …

Wild elephant ‘Karuppan’ captured at Talavadi Hill, translocated to Thattakarai Forest Range in Erode division
1 year, 8 months ago

Wild elephant ‘Karuppan’ captured at Talavadi Hill, translocated to Thattakarai Forest Range in Erode division

The Hindu  

A wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, that was involved in frequent incidents of crop raiding and conflicts with humans in Talavadi Hills for over a year, was captured in an early morning operation, here on April 17, 2023. The elephant was translocated and released into the interior forest area at Thattakarai Forest Range in Erode Division in the evening. Devendra Kumar …

Carcass of wild elephant with tusk trimmed found in Bihar’s Kishanganj
1 year, 8 months ago

Carcass of wild elephant with tusk trimmed found in Bihar’s Kishanganj

Hindustan Times  

A wild elephant with one of its tusks trimmed was found dead at Dhanyola village under Dighalbank in Bihar’s Kishanganj along the Indo-Nepal border on Sunday, forest officials said. “Forest officials along with local police have been camping at the site since Sunday as six elephants are roaming around the dead elephant,” he said adding that prima facie it appears …

Odisha: Second dead elephant found in 2-day amid 'The Elephant Whisperers' oscars win celebration
1 year, 9 months ago

Odisha: Second dead elephant found in 2-day amid 'The Elephant Whisperers' oscars win celebration

India TV News  

As India is celebrating Oscar win for Kartiki Gonsalves-directed short 'The Elephant Whisperers' for the best short documentary, a heartbreaking news for animal lovers came from Odisha on Wednesday. Second elephant death report in two days The carcass of an elephant in Ganjam found two days after the death of a tusker in Muzagarh forest range. The female elephant was …

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