Elephant calf hit by train, falls into gorge. She has spinal injuries, say officials
2 years ago

Elephant calf hit by train, falls into gorge. She has spinal injuries, say officials

Hindustan Times  

HALDWANI: Forest officers in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district had to fire shots in the air to drive away a herd of elephants from an 18-month-old calf that sustained spinal injuries after being hit by a train on Sunday. Forest department officers said the elephant calf, which fell into a gorge after the accident, was treated for over three hours by the forest department’s veterinarians. An elephant calf was injured after being hit by a train at Tanda in Nainital district on Sunday The elephant calf sustained spinal injuries and has been left at the spot after the preliminary treatment, a forest officer said. Jaggery, gram and bananas have also been kept for the calf’s food,” Shashi Dev, sub-divisional officer of Terai Central forest division said. A second forest department officer said the accident involving the Samark Kranti Express took place about 2km from Lalkuan, between Lalkuan and Haldi railway stations under the Tanda range of Terai Central forest division.

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Car drags calf along road for 200 metres, rescued after herd of cows blocks its path. Watch
4 hours, 39 minutes ago

Car drags calf along road for 200 metres, rescued after herd of cows blocks its path. Watch

Hindustan Times  

In a dramatic incident from Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, a calf narrowly escaped a tragic fate after being hit and dragged by a car on a busy road. Cows blocked a car in Chhattisgarh to save a calf dragged under it; locals rescued the injured animal. The footage shows the car dragging the calf for an estimated 200 metres before a group …

Elephant Calf Dies in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Raising Toll to 11
1 month, 1 week ago

Elephant Calf Dies in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Raising Toll to 11

Deccan Chronicle  

BHOPAL: An elephant calf, separated from its herd and spotted in the buffer zone of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh, died of suspected intestine infection on Sunday, a forest officer said. The exact cause of death could however be ascertained in the postmortem report”, divisional forest officer, BTR, P K Verma told this newspaper. Ten elephants, …

Elephant calf rescued in Udhagamandalam
6 months ago

Elephant calf rescued in Udhagamandalam

The Hindu  

An elephant calf that got stuck inside a water channel in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve was rescued by the Forest Department staff on Sunday and reunited with its mother. Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu, tweeted videos of the rescue as well as of the calf reuniting with its mother on the platform “X”, formerly …

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 …

Forest Department’s repeated attempts to reunite stranded elephant calf with mother go in vain
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Forest Department’s repeated attempts to reunite stranded elephant calf with mother go in vain

The Hindu  

After as many as nine attempts to reunite an abandoned elephant calf with a herd over the last few days, the intended outcome remained elusive for the Forest Department till Friday evening. During the course of the day, elephant guards from Kozhikamuthi Elephant Camp in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve tried in vain to unite the calf with its mother at …

Elephant calf visits ailing mother in Coimbatore
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Elephant calf visits ailing mother in Coimbatore

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Even as frontline staff of the forest department were trying to trace a calf elephant that went inside the forest to join a herd leaving his ailing mother behind near the Maruthamalai foothill, it came back to her for a short period of time at 10.30 pm on Saturday. According to sources, after spending two hours, the calf left …

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 — …

An elephant mourning its calf blocks traffic in Bandipur
8 months ago

An elephant mourning its calf blocks traffic in Bandipur

The Hindu  

An elephant mourning the death of its calf and guarding the carcass blocked traffic on the highway cutting across Bandipur for a considerable period on Saturday. Though efforts were made to dissuade the female elephant to leave the carcass of the calf it stayed put and blocked the movement of vehicles on National Highway 181 connecting to Mudumalai in Tamil …

Ailing wild elephant dies, calf united with herd
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Ailing wild elephant dies, calf united with herd

The Hindu  

A female wild elephant, aged 45-50, that was under treatment for the last two days died in a forest area at the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve near the Bannari – Bhavanisagar road here on Tuesday. Since the veterinarians concluded that the mother elephant would not survive, the Forest Department decided to reunite the calf with its herd and planned an operation. …

Farmer injured in elephant herd attack in Tirupati
10 months, 1 week ago

Farmer injured in elephant herd attack in Tirupati

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: A farmer on a night-watch at his orchard suffered serious injuries in an attack by a herd of wild elephants at Kandriga village in Chandragiri mandal of Tirupati district on Wednesday. The farmers said the herd of about 17 wild elephants were on the rampage for the past 20 days, targeting the standing crops, mostly orchards in Yamalapalli, Kondreddy …

Elephant ensures safety of its calves in the wild, IFS Parveen Kaswan shares video
11 months, 1 week ago

Elephant ensures safety of its calves in the wild, IFS Parveen Kaswan shares video

Hindustan Times  

Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan shared a video on X showing an elephant protecting its babies from other wild animals in a forest. While I was sitting on an anti-poaching tower,” wrote Kaswan while sharing a video on X. A fourth commented, “It is called behavioural adaptation of elephants where they protect their calf.” “There are two little ones …

Premature elephant calf dies following carnivore attack near Coimbatore
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Premature elephant calf dies following carnivore attack near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

An elephant calf aged around two weeks died following injuries inflicted by a carnivore near Madukkarai in Coimbatore district on Wednesday. As per preliminary findings of the Forest Department and the forest veterinary officer, the deceased elephant calf had a premature birth and it fell ill after suffering wounds inflicted by a carnivore. Field staff of the department spotted the …

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 …

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, …

Elephant dies on railway tracks while rescuing her calf. Heartbreaking, says Twitter
3 years, 9 months ago

Elephant dies on railway tracks while rescuing her calf. Heartbreaking, says Twitter

India Today  

Neha Sinha, a conservation biologist, has shared a story of an elephant rescuing her calf in a post on Twitter and it has made the internet rather emotional. See Neha Sinha's post here: This is Ganga elephant, photographed by Avijan Saha in North Bengal. https://t.co/Op7YFyPqHv pic.twitter.com/izEFOvsi6z — Neha Sinha March 11, 2021 Social media users were left teary-eyed after reading …

Injured elephant calf rescued from mud puddle in Assam village. See pics
4 years ago

Injured elephant calf rescued from mud puddle in Assam village. See pics

India Today  

An injured elephant calf was rescued from a mud puddle in the Udmari village in Assam's Nagaon district by animal rescuers on December 8. Binod said that he received a call from a forest ranger on Tuesday morning about the elephant calf. See pictures here: Assam: An elephant calf was rescued from Udmari village in Nagaon, yesterday. The elephant calf …

Watch: Cow Elephant That Fell into Open Farm Well in TN Village Rescued After 14-hour Long Effort
4 years, 1 month ago

Watch: Cow Elephant That Fell into Open Farm Well in TN Village Rescued After 14-hour Long Effort

News 18  

After rescue efforts that stretched to about 14 hours, a sub-adult elephant that fell into a 50-feet open farm well near here was safely rescued on Thursday, forest officials here said. The cow elephant, aged about eight, fell into the well at Yelugundur village near Panchampalli here in the wee hours of today and local people immediately alerted the authorities. …

Elephant calf falls into well in Ramgarh, reunited with herd after rescue
4 years, 1 month ago

Elephant calf falls into well in Ramgarh, reunited with herd after rescue

Hindustan Times  

A six-month-old elephant calf was rescued and reunited with its mother and herd after it fell into a well in a paddy field in Lipiya village of Ramgarh district on Friday, a forest official said. An elephant calf fell into a low deep well in paddy farmland but was rescued safely by a forest department team with the help of …

Jharkhand: Five-month old elephant rescued from well
4 years, 1 month ago

Jharkhand: Five-month old elephant rescued from well

Hindustan Times  

A five-month-old elephant calf fell into a 5-foot-deep farm well in Lipia village in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district, around 50km from capital Ranchi early Friday, officials said. But, the calf fell into the small well, dug for agricultural purpose in the village, on the way.” He said a team of forest staff was sent to the village with an excavator. The …

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