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 forest ranges of Srikakulam and Parvathipuram Manyam districts in north Andhra region in the past four years. Srikakulam district forest officer Nisha Kumari said, “We have two elephants in our region and we are working out plans to get a permanent solution to the menace.” Parvathipuram Manyam district forest officer GAP Prasuna said, “We have seen seven elephants including a male and two calves. We have deployed animal trackers to keep a tab on their movement day and night, to ensure safety to the people and avoid damage to crops.” Meanwhile, senior forest officials from erstwhile north Andhra districts visited the Elephant Conservation and Care Centre in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh recently to study how it deals with the elephants, in the hope these can be adopted in AP.

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Forest Dept. intensifies efforts to monitor movement of tusker at Cherambadi in Pandalur
1 day, 16 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 …

MLA wants Karnataka government to allow shooting at elephants entering farm land
1 week, 5 days ago

MLA wants Karnataka government to allow shooting at elephants entering farm land

India Today  

Harish Poonja, a BJP MLA from Karnataka’s Belthangady constituency, made a request on the Legislative Assembly floor. Discussing the challenges faced by farmers due to wild elephants destroying their crops, Poonja said: “Give a chance to the farmers. There is a law and as an MLA you have to make people understand what that law is,” Khandre told Poonja regarding …

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 …

With tuskers in Chikkamagaluru, admin shuts schools, imposes restrictions
1 month, 1 week ago

With tuskers in Chikkamagaluru, admin shuts schools, imposes restrictions

Hindustan Times  

Amid the presence of a herd of wild elephants near residential areas, the Chikkamagaluru district administration on Monday imposed restrictions on movement of people in 13 villages across two gram panchayats and declared a holiday for educational institutions to ensure safety as forest department teams attempt to drive the elephants back to their habitat. Amid the presence of a herd …

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 …

Post- tusker deaths, MP constitutes panel for elephant management
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Post- tusker deaths, MP constitutes panel for elephant management

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: The state forest department has constituted a committee for management of elephants in Madhya Pradesh in the wake of the recent death of ten elephants in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in MP. “We will study the best practices in elephant management in other states and put in place a system for effective management of the wild elephants in Madhya …

Maharashtra Forest Officials Alert Border Crossing by Herd of Wild Elephants
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Maharashtra Forest Officials Alert Border Crossing by Herd of Wild Elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

Maharashtra forest officials have alerted their counterparts in the Komaram Bheem Asifabad district regarding the movement of a herd of seven wild elephants near the state borders. The herd is heading toward Telangana and is currently in the Aheri area of the Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra, approximately 30 km from the Telangana border. Forest officials notified residents of bordering villages …

Tusker damages house, crops, makes off with 50kg cattle feed near Chinnathadagam in TN
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tusker damages house, crops, makes off with 50kg cattle feed near Chinnathadagam in TN

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Family members of a banana and maize cultivator were left horrified after an elephant broke through their chain-link fence and damaged their crops in Varapalayam near Chinnathadagam in the wee hours on Sunday. The elephant took away 50 kgs of cattle feed after damaging banana and maize crops at their farm. Narrating the incident, R Shanmugam said his family …

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 …

Farmers raise concerns as wild elephants continue to raid cattle sheds, fields near Coimbatore
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Farmers raise concerns as wild elephants continue to raid cattle sheds, fields near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Farmers have raised concerns about recurring incidents of wild elephants entering villages in the Thadagam valley and Maruthamalai foothills near Coimbatore, feeding on crops and cattle feeds. Wild elephants broke into a cattle shed at the #Maruthamalai foothills near #Coimbatore and feasted on cattle feed early on Thursday morning. The Forest Department has advised farmers to avoid stocking of cattle …

Resort manager among 4 held for feeding jumbo in Tamil Nadu
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Resort manager among 4 held for feeding jumbo in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

NILGIRIS: Singara forest range officials in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve have arrested four resort staff members for feeding an elephant chapati and bread at Achakkarai. Based on the directions from MTR deputy director buffer P Arun Kumar, a team led by Singara forest range officer John Peter was formed to investigate the incident. Peter said, “During the investigation, it was confirmed …

Terror Grips Villages as Elephant Menace Escalates, Mango Trees are Uprooted
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Terror Grips Villages as Elephant Menace Escalates, Mango Trees are Uprooted

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Inhabitants of villages close to the Koundinya wildlife sanctuary and other forests in Chittoor district are living in constant fear of elephant attacks. Elephants have destroyed over 150 tonnes of mangoes worth around Rs.1 crore across mandals like Pulicherla, Sadum and Somala. Elephant herds have also ravaged 55 acres of tomato crop in Somala, Sadum, Pulicherla and other mandals …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The elephants who destroy livelihoods and lives in Nepal on their desperate search of food
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The elephants who destroy livelihoods and lives in Nepal on their desperate search of food

ABC  

Elephants and farmers are an uneasy mix in Nepal, where a single hungry herd can destroy livelihoods — and take lives. "I expect more elephants to come at any time," he says. Uddav Oli, a sugar cane farmer in Budhabare — a town behind Bahundangi, deeper into Nepal – says elephants come through nearly every day. The government does provide …

Elephant Herd Runs Amok in AP's Vallivedu Panchayat
1 year ago

Elephant Herd Runs Amok in AP's Vallivedu Panchayat

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: A herd of wild elephants went on a rampage in Vallivedu village in Pakala mandal of this district on Monday night, damaging mango orchards and other agricultural fields. Tirupati urban development authority chairman Chevireddy Mohith Reddy visited the region on Tuesday morning and interacted with local farmers. The Tuda chief said the forest department would take appropriate steps to …

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 …

Understanding the frontier elephants
1 year, 4 months ago

Understanding the frontier elephants

The Hindu  

Elephants are not usually nocturnal beings. Elephants near human habitats, on the other hand, use large water bodies as refuge sites in the absence of forests around them and feed on nutritious crops for four to five hours at night. Frontier Elephants is a collaborative effort by like-minded people from the Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning, National Institute …

AP plans steps to ensure safe passage of elephants
1 year, 7 months ago

AP plans steps to ensure safe passage of elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Government is initiating several steps to ensure the safe passage of elephants that move in from Odisha, Karnataka and Tamil Naidu to AP districts on a regular basis. In compliance with the advice of the Project Elephant Steering Committee of the Wildlife Institute of India and also taking note of the observations of the Supreme Court, …

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 …

Rice eating tusker's fate capture's Kerala media's attention
1 year, 8 months ago

Rice eating tusker's fate capture's Kerala media's attention

Deccan Chronicle  

Idukki : Arikkomban, a bull elephant fond of eating rice, which also earned him the moniker, lazily forages in a thicket along with his herd in Chinnakanal area of this high range district. However, it was the intervention of the Kerala High Court -- which has for now allowed Arikkomban to stroll around freely for a few more days -- …

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 …

Elephants damage crops in forested hamlets in AP\'s Palamaner mandal
1 year, 9 months ago

Elephants damage crops in forested hamlets in AP\'s Palamaner mandal

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: A herd of elephants created a ruckus in Diguva Marumuru village and the surrounding hamlets under Kolamasanpalli panchayat in Palamaner constituency during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. The herd ravaged banana plantations and other crops across large stretches of land and stormed towards the bustling crowd of locals, who then rushed into fields to drive the animals …

Foresters plan steps to address elephant menace, seeks Rs 40 crore funding
1 year, 11 months ago

Foresters plan steps to address elephant menace, seeks Rs 40 crore funding

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: To curb the menace of elephants from the wild eating away crops and destroying the properties of villagers, the forest authorities have come up with an action plan. They propose to erect fences and set up barricades around the 300-hectare reserve forest area at a cost of Rs 40 crore in Parvathipuram-Manyam district. The forest authorities intend to dig …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Man-Animal Conflict: Elephants Trample Farmer To Death In Andhra
2 years, 6 months ago

Man-Animal Conflict: Elephants Trample Farmer To Death In Andhra

ABP News  

Hyderabad: A herd of wild elephants trampled a farmer to death in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district on Wednesday, the latest casualty in the growing man-animal conflict near the forest bordering Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.Subrahmanyam was killed when the tuskers attacked him in his field at Indira Nagar area in Palamaner mandal early morning.The farmer died on the spot. The incident …

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 …

Elephant menace: Experts from Nagarahole National Park sent to Belthangady
2 years, 9 months ago

Elephant menace: Experts from Nagarahole National Park sent to Belthangady

Deccan Chronicle  

Mangaluru: A team of experts from Nagarahole National Park have reached to Belthangady where herd of elephants wrecking havoc in the human habitation area. Elephants coming from the nearby forest enter the plantations and destroy crops like coconut, arecanut, and banana. Considering the seriousness of the situation, the forest officials invited experts from Nagarahole National Park. Their task is to …

Elephantine journey: Maharashtra's elephant corridor bodes well for conservation efforts
2 years, 11 months ago

Elephantine journey: Maharashtra's elephant corridor bodes well for conservation efforts

The Hindu  

It has been more than three months since a herd of wild elephants wandered across the Chhattisgarh border to the forests of Gadchiroli in eastern Maharashtra. Therefore, Kishor Rithe believes, “wild elephants and buffaloes can live in the combined forest area of the present Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts as the habitat of these two animals is the same. Tourism with …

Forest officials chalk up plans to curb wild elephant trouble
2 years, 11 months ago

Forest officials chalk up plans to curb wild elephant trouble

Deccan Chronicle  

Vishakhapatanam: Forest officials have devised strategies to prevent wild elephants from entering human settlements and trampling people and destroying crops in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts. During the musth period, which usually lasts four or five months, elephants tend to grow more aggressive, said sources from the forest department. He said forest personnel are selectively interfering with the movement of elephants, …

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 …

Assam villagers create separate food zones to mitigate man-elephant conflicts
3 years ago

Assam villagers create separate food zones to mitigate man-elephant conflicts

India Today  

The villagers of Assam’s Nagaon district have taken up a unique initiative to mitigate man-elephant conflicts and save their paddy crops. Villagers from several districts such as Ronghang and Hatikhali areas in central Assam have been creating a separate food zone for wild elephants in their locality for the last three years. Villagers feel that by creating a separate food …

Elephants Attack North Bengal Village, Damage Crops, Property
3 years, 1 month ago

Elephants Attack North Bengal Village, Damage Crops, Property

News 18  

A herd of 48 tuskers attacked the village of Ausgram in North Bengal on Thursday, ransacking paddy fields and damaging property. According to reports, the residents of Ausgram got involved in a dispute with the forest department staff over the issue and the dangers of crop failure after the incident. The locals reportedly tried to chase away the elephants by …

World Elephant Day 2021: Here's How You Can Save Elephants Before it’s Too Late
3 years, 4 months ago

World Elephant Day 2021: Here's How You Can Save Elephants Before it’s Too Late

News 18  

Elephants have walked the earth for millions of years. Support wild elephant tourisms Tourists can visit animal sanctuaries to observe elephant herds in the wild. Conversely, one should oppose captive elephant tourism since wild elephant calves are forcibly separated from their herd and tortured to make them submissive. Protest against trophy hunting Hunters shoot wild elephants for trophies. Donate to …

Farmers in Gudiyatham want solution to elephant menace
3 years, 5 months ago

Farmers in Gudiyatham want solution to elephant menace

The Hindu  

On most nights, 65-year-old G.M. Rajagopalan and farmers like him spend sleepless nights by the Palamaner Road running through Kottamitta village in Gudiyatham. During the day time, we chase away monkeys, deer and wild boar that destroy our produce,” said Mr. Rajagopalan. “Hence, a few affluent farmers have installed solar powered electric fences by spending money from their pockets. “We …

A farmers’ struggle in Sri Lanka, siding with elephants
3 years, 10 months ago

A farmers’ struggle in Sri Lanka, siding with elephants

The Hindu  

With rows of Sri Lankan flags fluttering in the morning breeze, it was not hard to spot the Independence Day event on Thursday in Walsapugala village, in the southern Hambantota district. “What does an Independence Day mean, when neither our farmers nor our elephants are free?” Mr. Samarawickrama’s organisation, and some 80 other farmer groups in the district, have been …

A Friendly Barrier: Assam’s Innovative 'Elephant Meal Zone' Plan Spurs Hopes of Peaceful Coexistence With Wild Pachyderms
4 years, 1 month ago

A Friendly Barrier: Assam’s Innovative 'Elephant Meal Zone' Plan Spurs Hopes of Peaceful Coexistence With Wild Pachyderms

News 18  

Over the past decade, man-elephant conflict has killed 871 people and 819 tuskers in Assam, government data shows. In a situation like this, the NGO Hatibondhu has shown the way of empathy and peaceful co-existence through its ‘village meal zone project’. With support from Pradip Kumar Bhuyan of Hatibondhu, the couple at first cultivated rice crop and different varieties of …

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