The uncertainty of jumbo assignments
1 year, 9 months ago

The uncertainty of jumbo assignments

The Hindu  

Sometimes, even after spending an entire day on the field, journalists may have to return to the newsroom without a report. It is now common to capture wild elephants which frequently damage crops and cause human casualties in villages bordering forests in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, home to the largest population of Asiatic elephants. An operation had been launched by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department to capture and radio-collar a wild elephant nicknamed Baahubali, known for its physique and its swashbuckling entry, or “mass entry” as it is called in Tamil films, into villages. Earlier, in February 2019, I went to report on the operation launched to capture a crop-raider named Chinnathambi from a village near Tiruppur district. The tusker had been captured from Thadagam valley in Coimbatore district in January and translocated to the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, around 100 km away.

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First winter count report of elephants to be unveiled by Nov 27
1 month, 1 week ago

First winter count report of elephants to be unveiled by Nov 27

New Indian Express  

He said the Odisha Elephant Census 2024 report of the Forest and Environment Department, released in June, had pegged the total elephant population in the state at 2,098 which was 122 more than the previous count of 1,976 in 2017. A herd of 121 elephants from neighbouring states, primarily West Bengal, has already entered the Baripada division in November first …

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 …

Jumbo herd damages houses in Odisha's Mayurbhanj
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Jumbo herd damages houses in Odisha's Mayurbhanj

New Indian Express  

BARIPADA: A herd of 13 elephants has been wreaking havoc in villages under Betnoti and Rasgovindpur ranges in Baripada division for the last few days. While the locals blame the Forest department for failing to tackle the menace, the herd has damaged at least two houses in the last week. The family of Makara Handah of Kuradik village in Betnoti …

Fear of encounter with wild elephants grips residential areas of Matuthamalai foothills
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Fear of encounter with wild elephants grips residential areas of Matuthamalai foothills

The Hindu  

The conflict situation at the Marudhamalai foothills escalated after a female elephant and its calf that had caused damages in villages surrounding the Marudhamalai hills some months ago returned to those locations. @THChennaipic.twitter.com/zz9PgewW5v — Wilson Thomas July 3, 2024 Officials with the Forest Department said that the mother-calf duo had been roaming in parts of Kerala, Madukkarai and Boluvampatti forest …

Synchronised elephant population estimation exercise begins in STR and Erode Forest Division
7 months ago

Synchronised elephant population estimation exercise begins in STR and Erode Forest Division

The Hindu  

A synchronised elephant population estimation exercise that aims at preventing human-elephant conflict and developing management strategies began in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve and Erode Forest Division, here on Thursday, May 23, 2024. K. Sudhakar, Deputy Director of STR and District Forest Officer of Hasanur Division said the exercise began at 30 beats in which 120 staff were involved. Kulal Yogesh Vilas, …

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 …

Jumbo herds cause panic in Baripada
8 months ago

Jumbo herds cause panic in Baripada

New Indian Express  

BARIPADA : Forest officials in the Baripada territorial division of Mayurbhanj district are grappling with the challenge of managing and deploying manpower to control the movement of two herds of elephants. A herd of 64 elephants from the neighbouring Jharkhand, along with another herd of 21 elephants from Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district, have been wreaking havoc in 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 …

Taming trunks and tempers: Research initiatives from the State to mitigate conflicts
1 year, 4 months ago

Taming trunks and tempers: Research initiatives from the State to mitigate conflicts

The Hindu  

Data from the latest elephant census report released by the Karnataka Government on August 9 must have been music to the ears of jumbo lovers. Mindless urban expansion at the cost of forest cover and elephant habitats, and infrastructural developments blocking movement of elephants have forced behavioural changes in elephants and increased instances of humans being exposed to the beasts. …

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, …

Captured ‘makhna’ elephant released in Ulandy range
1 year, 9 months ago

Captured ‘makhna’ elephant released in Ulandy range

The Hindu  

The ‘makhna’ elephant that was captured at Perur in Coimbatore by the Forest department on Thursday evening was released into a dense forest area in Ulandy range during the night hours of Friday. The elephant quenched its thirst at a check dam in Karuneerpalam in Ulandy range, soon after it was let off, a press release issued by the Forest …

Wild elephant enters human habitation near Pollachi, triggers panic
1 year, 10 months ago

Wild elephant enters human habitation near Pollachi, triggers panic

The Hindu  

A wild elephant caused panic among residents on the outskirts of Pollachi on Tuesday, when it entered agricultural fields and nearby localities. Videos depicting the elephant walking along a main road and members of the public running helter-skelter were shared by passers-by on social media platforms. Local residents are believed to have expressed apprehension to the Forest Department that it …

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 …

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 …

Man-animal conflict
2 years, 8 months ago

Man-animal conflict

The Hindu  

Despite repeated appeals of the forest department officials to farmers to coexist with wild elephants, the man-animal conflict is only worsening year after year, with a growing number of casualties in Chittoor district. In the last two years, the foray of wild elephants from the Koundinya wildlife sanctuary, at Palamaner and Kuppam ranges sandwiched by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka,has become …

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, …

Jumbos kill elephant tracker in AOB, villagers express apprehensions
2 years, 11 months ago

Jumbos kill elephant tracker in AOB, villagers express apprehensions

Deccan Chronicle  

Vishakhapatanam: A forest department tracker was trampled to death by a herd of about six elephants that he was following on the Andhra-Odisha border in Vizianagaram district on Sunday night. If the government does not take action, people will not bear it.” When contacted, Vizianagaram collector Surya Kumari said, “We have already discussed the matter and are now sending proposals …

Incursion Of Wild Elephants In Human Settlements: Kerala High Court Calls For State's Report On Proposed Action
3 years, 2 months ago

Incursion Of Wild Elephants In Human Settlements: Kerala High Court Calls For State's Report On Proposed Action

Live Law  

Taking note of a recent intrusion by a herd of wild elephants into human settlements in the Palakkad district, the Kerala High Court has directed the State to file a report regarding the action proposed to be taken to prevent such episodes in the future. Taking note of the same, the Court remarked, "The report to be filed shall indicate …

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 …

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 …

Lift ban on elephant catching to curb man-jumbo conflict- Wildlife experts
4 years, 2 months ago

Lift ban on elephant catching to curb man-jumbo conflict- Wildlife experts

Hindustan Times  

The rapidly rising graph of man-animal conflicts and consequent fatalities have not only left UP’s wildlife experts but also lone elephant catcher Kamaal Sheikh, worried. Expressing concern over the scenario, the experts and foresters have recommended elephant-catching as the best possible way to curb the menace and have also approached the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change demanding …

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