Young Elephant’s Death Exposes Wildlife Crisis in Chittoor District
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Young Elephant’s Death Exposes Wildlife Crisis in Chittoor District

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Recent discovery of an elephant's carcass near Pulibonupalle in Yerravaripalem mandal has once again brought into spotlight the escalating wildlife crisis in the erstwhile Chittoor district. The recent synchronised elephant census in south India estimated the current elephant population in erstwhile Chittoor district as between 90 and 110, with an equivalent number of migrants. Forest officials attribute the human-animal conflict to factors like insufficient fodder in forests due to overgrazing, leading to elephants raiding nearby crops. This apart, elephants also face electrocution due to sagging power lines and road accidents near Koundinya Sanctuary.

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Our messy association with elephants
1 month ago

Our messy association with elephants

Live Mint  

The fog was burning off the top of the trees as the sun rose in Corbett Tiger Reserve. In a paper published this year by Rashmi Singh et al, a study of attitudes towards elephants in Valparai, Tamil Nadu, shows various nuances. Women fear elephants more than men, perhaps because more women were working in the estates; and people hold …

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 …

3 of family, neighbour trampled to death by wild elephant in C’garh: Officials
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Wild elephant tramples farmer to death in Chittoor
6 months, 1 week ago

Wild elephant tramples farmer to death in Chittoor

New Indian Express  

CHITTOOR : The persistent issue of human-wildlife conflict in Chittoor district claimed another life as an elephant trampled a person to death in Ramakuppam mandal. Despite multiple complaints to forest officials, farmers lamented the lack of effective preventive measures. In response, forest officials asserted their efforts to mitigate conflicts, citing the deployment of drum-beaters and trackers to drive elephants back …

T.N. Govt. faces stiff challenges to balance needs of human communities and elephant habitats in Gudalur
7 months, 1 week ago

T.N. Govt. faces stiff challenges to balance needs of human communities and elephant habitats in Gudalur

The Hindu  

Despite opposition from residents and political parties to the Tamil Nadu government identifying two corridors that run through Gudalur in the Nilgiris, legal experts and conservationists feel that notifying the two corridors will be imperative in ensuring the conservation of the Asian elephant in the region. Draft elephant corridor report The draft elephant corridor report details the presence of anywhere …

Elephant herd creates traffic jam on Bengaluru's Nice road: Report
11 months ago

Elephant herd creates traffic jam on Bengaluru's Nice road: Report

Hindustan Times  

Traffic congestion on Bengaluru’s Nice Road was observed in the early hours of Saturday after a herd of elephants tried crossing the road around the Bannerghatta National Park area. The officials reportedly tried to drive back elephants into the forest and cleared the traffic. Elephant herd creates traffic jam on Bengaluru's Nice road: Report/ PIC FOR REPRESENTATION Also Road - …

Railways mulls construction of a third underpass on Ettimadai-Walayar section in Coimbatore for safe passage of wild elephants
1 year, 2 months ago

Railways mulls construction of a third underpass on Ettimadai-Walayar section in Coimbatore for safe passage of wild elephants

The Hindu  

The possibility for construction of a third underpass on the Ettimadai-Walayar railway section was under evaluation for safe passage of wild elephants, R.N. The underpasses will obviate the need for the elephants to cross the track, Mr. Singh told mediapersons after inspecting the works under the Amrit Bharat Station Development Scheme at the Podanur railway station. The Southern Railway has …

Lone tusker ‘inaugurates’ Southern Railway’s elephant underpass near Coimbatore
1 year, 4 months ago

Lone tusker ‘inaugurates’ Southern Railway’s elephant underpass near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

The Southern Railway’s first underpass for wild elephants on the Ettimadai – Walayar section of the rail line linking Tamil Nadu and Kerala, near Coimbatore, had its first user in the wee hours of Wednesday. The elephant underpass was constructed on the ‘B’ line between Ettimadai and Walayar, that passes through Solakkarai reserve forest of Madukkarai range in the Coimbatore …

Elephant watchers in Andhra Pradesh are born survivors, living on the edge of subsistence
1 year, 4 months ago

Elephant watchers in Andhra Pradesh are born survivors, living on the edge of subsistence

The Hindu  

In a few minutes, the sun will go down over the hills around, its reflection in the water receding. Hit by malnutrition after years of toil in the Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary that is spread over about 360 sq km, coupled with the adverse effects of alcohol, he believes he is fit enough to work a few more years in the …

Railways, Forest Dept. to discuss measures to habituate elephants to use underpass on Ettimadai - Walayar section
1 year, 5 months ago

Railways, Forest Dept. to discuss measures to habituate elephants to use underpass on Ettimadai - Walayar section

The Hindu  

Officials from the Railways and the Tamil Nadu Forest Department will soon have a meeting to discuss measures to be taken to lure wild elephants to use the newly-constructed underpass on Ettimadai - Walayar section. The location of the underpass, ‘km 505A/400-500’ of ‘B’ line, falls within the limits of the Madukkarai forest range of the Coimbatore forest division. The …

Three Elephants Killed After Being Hit by Speeding Lorry in AP
1 year, 6 months ago

Three Elephants Killed After Being Hit by Speeding Lorry in AP

News 18  

Three elephants from a herd of four died when a speeding lorry hit them in Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh, forest officials said on Thursday. The accident occurred at Jagamarla Cross near Palamaner on the Bengaluru-Chennai National Highway in the Chittoor district on Wednesday night. The vehicle was being driven at a high speed and the driver is suspected to …

Southern Railway’s first elephant underpass enters final stage as composite girders launched on Ettimadai–Walayar section
1 year, 6 months ago

Southern Railway’s first elephant underpass enters final stage as composite girders launched on Ettimadai–Walayar section

The Hindu  

The construction of Southern Railway’s first underpass for wild elephants entered final phase with the launching of composite girders onto the structure built for pachyderm movement on the Ettimadai - Walayar section, which links Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The bridge on the ‘B’ line offers a 60 feet wide and 20 feet high passage underneath the track for the elephants …

A jumbo task at hand
1 year, 7 months ago

A jumbo task at hand

The Hindu  

Only four days ago, four elephants of a herd of 18 dwelling in the forest near Katragadda village of Bhamini mandal in Parvatipuram-Manyam district were electrocuted while moving in search of food and water. Brewing human-wildlife conflict At present, the combined population of wild elephants, both residents and migrants, in the Kaundinya sanctuary and the Seshachalam ranges of the Annamayya …

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 …

Elephant knocked down by speeding truck in Bandipur Tiger Reserve
2 years ago

Elephant knocked down by speeding truck in Bandipur Tiger Reserve

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: A sub-adult female elephant was knocked down by a speeding truck in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve of Chamarajanagar district on Tuesday evening, making it the second such incident in a Tiger Reserve of the State in recent years. The elephant, a latest victim of a road kill, succumbed to severe head injuries, however, a necropsy will be conducted today, …

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 …

Siren to Protect Wild Elephants: Forest Dept’s Pilot Project in Odisha’s Dhenkanal District
2 years, 5 months ago

Siren to Protect Wild Elephants: Forest Dept’s Pilot Project in Odisha’s Dhenkanal District

News 18  

The Dhenkanal forest department plans to install automatic sirens near its national highway to protect elephants from accidents. The Dhenkanal forest department plans to install automatic sirens near the NH in different places of district. THE PROJECT The pilot project has been initiated by ‘Change’, a voluntary organization working in the field of elephant protection in collaboration with the Dhenkanal …

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 …

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 …

Uttarakhand: Man trampled to death by elephant on Neelkanth stretch
3 years, 9 months ago

Uttarakhand: Man trampled to death by elephant on Neelkanth stretch

Hindustan Times  

A 55-year-old was trampled to death by an elephant on the path towards Neelkanth shrine in Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Pauri Garhwal district. Additional superintendent of police Pauri Garhwal Manisha Joshi also arrived at the spot and directed the deployment of police personnel as well as putting up warning signages about elephant movement in the area. Notably, last month on …

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