Forest Dept. intensifies efforts to monitor movement of tusker at Cherambadi in Pandalur
1 day, 4 hours ago

Forest Dept. intensifies efforts to monitor movement of tusker at Cherambadi in Pandalur

The Hindu  

The Forest Department has intensified efforts at monitoring an elephant that has been damaging houses at Cherambadi in Pandalur. The operation to discourage the elephant from venturing near human habitationslooking for food grains to consume, has been continuing with the usage of advanced drone technology as well as other more tested methods aimed at minimising negative human-animal interactions in the region. Vengatesh Prabhu, Divisional Forest Officer, said that apart from thermal drone cameras that are being used to monitor and drive away the elephant when it ventures too close to human habitations, that other means of discouraging the animal are also being trialled. The animal, known to Forest Department officials as CT-16, and by locals as “Kottamalai Baskar” and “Bullet” is generally not known to be aggressive towards humans, the officials said, adding that the animal had become a source of concern only after it began damaging houses in search of food. However, there had been previous instances where such elephants, unknowingly, had led to the deaths of humans, such was the case of another elephant in the region, Pandalur Makhna-2, whose efforts at entering a house one night led to the accidental death of an elderly woman in 2022.

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Krishnagiri residents slam foresters for delay in taking action against jumbo attack
1 week, 2 days ago

Krishnagiri residents slam foresters for delay in taking action against jumbo attack

New Indian Express  

KRISHNAGIRI: Residents of Keratti village gheraoed the vehicle of a few forest officials on Friday night as they reached the village late after they were informed about the elephant movement. However, the vehicle was released on Saturday morning after the Anchetti forest ranger and Anchetti police inspector visited the spot and pacified the residents. V Baiyappa, a resident of Keratti …

Wild tusker creates stir at Kukke Subrahmanya Temple in Karnataka
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Wild tusker creates stir at Kukke Subrahmanya Temple in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

A wild tusker created a stir when it strayed into the renowned Kukke Subrahmanya Temple premises, temple sources said on Monday. The forest department, local police, and villagers swiftly responded to the situation and guided the wild elephant back into the forest. According to temple sources, the incident occurred on Sunday night when the tusker wandered into the temple premises …

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 …

Andhra Pradesh: Elephant shelter proposed in Manyam dist
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh: Elephant shelter proposed in Manyam dist

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Parvathipuram Manyam district forest officer G.A.P. She issued a statement on Thursday stating, “This initiative aims to confine elephants to a specific area, thereby reducing the likelihood of crop damage, human fatalities, injuries, and livestock deaths caused by elephant encounters.” Prasuna highlighted that crop losses due to elephant attacks have been estimated at around Rs 13 crore since 2018, …

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 …

Karnataka to send eight trained elephants to Andhra to drive away wild tuskers
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka to send eight trained elephants to Andhra to drive away wild tuskers

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka government on Thursday agreed to send eight Kumki elephants along with mahouts to Andhra Pradesh to help it drive away wild elephants that have been wreaking havoc in the forests of Chittoor and also north Andhra districts of Srikakulam and Vizianagaram. Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister and forest minister Pawan Kalyan being felicitated by Karnataka forest minister Eshwar …

Carcass of tusker found at Anthiyur in Erode district
6 months ago

Carcass of tusker found at Anthiyur in Erode district

The Hindu  

The carcass of a wild elephant, aged about 20 years, was found near farm land at Anthiyur in Erode district on Tuesday. Villagers at Karumparai found the carcass near the forest boundary coming under Anthiyur Forest Range of Erode Division on Tuesday morning, and alerted Forest Department staff. District Forest Officer Kumili Venkata Appala Naidu who inspected the spot told …

Action plan for TG forests to tackle wild elephants menace
7 months ago

Action plan for TG forests to tackle wild elephants menace

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The forest department in Telangana has prepared an action plan to deal with the menace of wild elephants straying in during the monsoon season for food and water from bordering Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh states. A sub-adult male elephant entered the Kagaznagar forest division by crossing the River Pranahitha from Gadchiroli and trampled two farmers to death in the first …

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 …

WATCH | Wild tusker captured in Belur taluk of Karnataka’s Hassan district
8 months ago

WATCH | Wild tusker captured in Belur taluk of Karnataka’s Hassan district

The Hindu  

The Karnataka Forest Department officials, with the help of a team of tamed elephants, captured a wild tusker, which had been causing trouble to local people in a coffee estate at Vatehalli near Arehalli in Belur taluk of Hassan district on Thursday, April 18. #Karnataka Forest Department officials capture a wild tusker at a coffee estate in Vatehalli of Belur …

Straying tusker in human habitats in Wayanad driven away to forest
8 months, 2 weeks 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 …

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 …

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 …

Villagers in Sakleshpur in fear as lone tusker attacks two persons in Karnataka
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Villagers in Sakleshpur in fear as lone tusker attacks two persons in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Residents of Ballupete, Kalkunda, Irukuhalli and neighbouring villages in Sakleshpur taluk of Karnataka have been living in fear for the past two days as a wild tusker is roaming in their locality. The animal attacked two agriculture labourers, leaving them injured, at Lakkunda on February 7. The lone tusker is said to be responsible for the death of a labourer …

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 …

Translocated wild elephant being monitored
1 year, 4 months ago

Translocated wild elephant being monitored

The Hindu  

The Forest Department is monitoring the movement of a makhna that was translocated from Saralapathi near Pollachi to Chinna Kallar near Valparai on Monday, using signals from the radio collar fixed on the animal and with a drone. The Department on Tuesday released drone footage of the elephant grazing in a forest area of Chinna Kallar. The animal was translocated …

Wild elephant damages ration shop near Coimbatore
1 year, 4 months ago

Wild elephant damages ration shop near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

A ration shop near Navavoor Pirivu in Coimbatore district was damaged by a wild elephant a few days ago. Forest Department sources said a tusker damaged a ration shop at Maruthapuram near Navavoor Pirivu and ate rice on the night of July 22. People from the locality said that five elephants have been straying into human habitations near Marudhamalai, namely …

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 attacked by tusker Arikompan two days ago dies in Theni hospital
1 year, 6 months ago

Man attacked by tusker Arikompan two days ago dies in Theni hospital

The Hindu  

Janitor Palraj of Cumbum Municipal limits in Theni district, who was attacked by the lone tusker Arikompan two days ago, died at the Theni Government Medical College and Hospital on Monday night Doctors at the government hospital said Palraj had suffered head injury in the attack by the elephant. Meanwhile, Forest Department officials led by Chief Conservator Padmavathi were monitoring …

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 …

Tusker Arikompan caught, to be released in Periyar sanctuary
1 year, 7 months ago

Tusker Arikompan caught, to be released in Periyar sanctuary

The Hindu  

A day after they set out to capture and translocate wild tusker Arikompan, the members of the special task force of the Forest department succeeded in the mission after a gruelling day-and-night operation on Saturday. Tranquilised and hemmed in by four kumki elephants, the tusker put up stiff resistance but finally allowed itself to be pushed into the loading bay …

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 …

Kerala forest department prepares to capture rogue wild tusker
1 year, 9 months ago

Kerala forest department prepares to capture rogue wild tusker

India Today  

The Kerala Forest Department has launched a massive plan to capture ‘Arikomban’, a rogue wild elephant causing havoc in the Chinnakanal and the Shanthanpara region - a hilly area of Kerala’s Idukki district. On Sunday, the forest department will use four Kumki elephants - Kunju, Konni Surendran, Suryan, and Vikram - to capture 'Arikomban’. This will be the forest department’s …

Wild tusker dies during capture operation in Kodagu: officials
1 year, 11 months ago

Wild tusker dies during capture operation in Kodagu: officials

Hindustan Times  

A wild elephant died on Friday at Athur Nallur forest in Kushalnagar taluk of Kodagu district during a capture mission by the forest officials. A wild elephant died at Athur Nallur forest in Kushalnagar taluk of Kodagu district during a capture mission by the forest officials. Amid pressure from the villagers, the forest department launched a combing operation at Athur …

Kerala: Elephant that wreaked havoc in Wayanad’s Sulthan Bathery captured
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala: Elephant that wreaked havoc in Wayanad’s Sulthan Bathery captured

Hindustan Times  

Forest authorities on Monday tranquilised the elephant that had allegedly sneaked into Sulthan Bathery town in Kerala’s Wayanad and attacked a person last week. The 20-year-old tusker was earlier captured by the Tamil Nadu forest department after it reportedly killed two persons and attacked several houses in Gudalur area in Tamil Nadu and surrounding places last year. Though it charged …

Foresters plan ways to curb tusker menace in north Andhra
2 years ago

Foresters plan ways to curb tusker menace in north Andhra

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Foresters here are planning new ways to deal with elephant menace in the region as the herds stray into villages and eat away crops like sugarcane, paddy, plantains, vegetables etc, causing huge loss to farmers. A nine-member herd including a male and two calves were seen moving around the villages and forest areas in Palakonda, Parvathipuram, Kurupam and Pathapatnam …

Tusker strolls around Bhubaneswar city, gives fright to people
2 years, 1 month ago

Tusker strolls around Bhubaneswar city, gives fright to people

Hindustan Times  

Over 60 forest and police officials of Bhubaneswar had a tough time reining in a tusker on Wednesday after it strayed into the city walking around the Lingaraj temple before heading for habitations not very far from chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s house. Forest officials tranquillised the tusker and released it in the Chandaka elephant sanctuary near Bhubaneswar. The movement of …

Odisha: Third tusker dies of electrocution in three days, officials suspect poaching attempt
2 years, 3 months ago

Odisha: Third tusker dies of electrocution in three days, officials suspect poaching attempt

Firstpost  

Forest department officials have launched a manhunt to apprehend poachers who laid the live wire. Officials said though several persons have been detained for questioning, the actual poacher is yet to be identified Bhubaneshwar: A middle-aged tusker succumbed to death after coming in contact with a live wire allegedly laid by a poacher in Odisha’s Angul district on Saturday barely …

Tuskers at peril: Poaching haunts Odisha’s forests
2 years, 4 months ago

Tuskers at peril: Poaching haunts Odisha’s forests

Hindustan Times  

On July 29, a 25-year-old tusker in Narasinghpur East range of Athagarh forest division of Cuttack district with at least five pellet injuries in its head and ear died of organ failure. The government has also constituted a special investigating team comprising forest and criminal investigation department officials to probe rising elephant deaths and allegations of coverups, but there seems …

All three human deaths in O’Valley caused by different elephants, say officials
2 years, 5 months ago

All three human deaths in O’Valley caused by different elephants, say officials

The Hindu  

Forest Department officials confirmed that all three human deaths in O’Valley in Gudalur over the last two months were caused by three different elephants, and not by a single tusker, as alleged by local residents. “Local residents are demanding that the Forest Department capture the tusker known as OVT-1, alleging that this elephant is responsible for all three deaths,” said …

Operation to drive back single-tusker into forest in Talavadi begins
2 years, 5 months ago

Operation to drive back single-tusker into forest in Talavadi begins

The Hindu  

With the 10-member elephant tracking team tracing the single-tusker inside the forest area, the Forest Department began the operation to drive back the tusker deep into the forest here on Friday. In the morning, a team comprising personnel from ATR and STR entered the forest and found the tusker three km inside the reserve forest, near Eripuram village. Based on …

Watch | Tamil Nadu forest staff rescue huge elephant stuck in swamp; see viral video here
2 years, 8 months ago

Watch | Tamil Nadu forest staff rescue huge elephant stuck in swamp; see viral video here

Firstpost  

The mammal couldn’t get out no matter how hard she tried. However, it is when the Tamil Nadu forest department staff worked diligently, they could successfully rescue the massive tusker from the swamp. In a recent incident, a 25-year-old elephant in Tamil Nadu got stuck in a swamp in the forests of Gudalur, Nilgiris. In the video shared by Supriya …

Odisha forest staff killed by injured elephant while trying to tranquilise it for treatment
2 years, 9 months ago

Odisha forest staff killed by injured elephant while trying to tranquilise it for treatment

Hindustan Times  

A 40-year-old member of the elephant squad of the Odisha forest department died after an injured tusker he was trying to tranquilise for treatment attacked him. Biswaranjan Panigrahi, 40, of the elephant squad was attacked by the injured elephant near Gahamkhunti village on Friday while he was trying to tranquilise it with a dart gun. Forest officials in Dhenkanal district …

Elephant menace: Villagers live under constant fear in Chittoor
2 years, 11 months ago

Elephant menace: Villagers live under constant fear in Chittoor

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: The elephant menace has once again become a major worry in the tri-state junction areas like the Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary in Kuppam, Palamaner, Punganur, Bangarupalem mandal and the Chittoor west ranges, flanked by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Villagers said that around 10 elephants, which were camping in the nearby forest area, ventured into human habitations and destroyed crops on …

Wild tusker kills one, damages 3 houses in Pakur
3 years, 7 months ago

Wild tusker kills one, damages 3 houses in Pakur

Hindustan Times  

A wild elephant trampled a 45-year-old man to death and damaged three houses at Kopa village in Littipara block of Pakur district late on Saturday night, officials said on Sunday. It killed another person a week back in Amrapara,” forest range officer of Hiranpur, Kamlesh Singh said. When he went out of his house to check, the wild elephant attacked …

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