Narrow escape for U.K. tourists as wild elephant attacks car
1 month, 1 week ago

Narrow escape for U.K. tourists as wild elephant attacks car

The Hindu  

A group of foreign tourists from the United Kingdom had a miraculous escape after a wild tusker attacked their moving car at Munnar on Saturday. When the vehicle reached Signal Point, a wild tusker, locally called Ottakompan, came out of an eucalyptus plantation and charged at the car, kicking and overturning it, they said quoting local people. “The doors of the car on one side were damaged in the wild elephant attack,” he said. “I tried to swerve the vehicle in the opposite direction, but the elephant rushed in and kicked it,” the car driver later told the media.

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Three Tangedco staff escape as tusker pushes SUV on Aliyar - Navamalai road
2 months ago

Three Tangedco staff escape as tusker pushes SUV on Aliyar - Navamalai road

The Hindu  

Three employees of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited escaped with minor injuries after the SUV they were travelling was pushed by a wild elephant on Aliyar - Navamalai road near Pollachi in Coimbatore district on Thursday. According to the Forest Department, the incident took place around 11.30 a.m. when the three persons were returning from the power …

Group narrowly escapes wild elephant attack in Kerala's Athirapally
2 months, 1 week ago

Group narrowly escapes wild elephant attack in Kerala's Athirapally

India Today  

A group of people had a close brush with danger when a wild elephant charged at the car they were in. Spotting the elephant about 100 m away, the men thought they were safe, until the tusker suddenly charged at their vehicle. Police later confirmed the incident, while locals identified the tusker as ‘Murivalan’, a rogue elephant infamous for straying …

Wild elephant enters residential area, Bharathiar University campus near Coimbatore
9 months ago

Wild elephant enters residential area, Bharathiar University campus near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

A couple escaped from a wild elephant that entered a residential area at the Marudhamalai foothills on Saturday night. Forest Department officials said that an adult tusker entered Arul Nagar at IOB Colony at the Marudhamalai foothills around 9.40 p.m. A wild elephant slams the gate of a house at #Maruthamalai near #Coimbatore late on Saturday, June 22. Officials said …

Straying tusker in human habitats in Wayanad driven away to forest
11 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 …

Runaway tusker caught near Bommidi
1 year ago

Runaway tusker caught near Bommidi

New Indian Express  

DHARMAPURI: Forest department on Friday night captured the wild tusker that had strayed from the elephant corridor nearly two weeks ago. Speaking to TNIE, a forest staff said, “The villages close to Dharmapuri forest range are densely populated and it would have been risky had the tusker wandered into a populated area. However, sources in the DFO’s office said, “In …

Narrow escape for 70-year-old woman after tusker flings her outside Kovai home
1 year ago

Narrow escape for 70-year-old woman after tusker flings her outside Kovai home

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: A 70-year-old woman had a lucky escape after a wild male elephant tossed her aside outside her home near Karadimadai locality in Madhampatti in Coimbatore district. The animal also attacked two others including a 14-year-old girl. She is a helper at a farm near Black Mariyamman temple in Karadimadai village coming under the Madukkarai forest range Forest department sources …

Wild elephant enters densely populated area near Dharmapuri; tranquilisation risky
1 year 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 …

Wild Elephant Enters Kerala Town, 3 Injured In Melee
1 year, 5 months ago

Wild Elephant Enters Kerala Town, 3 Injured In Melee

ABP News  

A wild elephant entered the residential area of Ulikkal town in Kannur district creating a panic among the residents on Wednesday. As the elephant entered the town, the panic-stricken people ran helter-skelter for safety but three residents were injured in the melee. Following this, the police and forest department initiated action to send the elephant back to the forest, as …

Tusker Arikompan caught, to be released in Periyar sanctuary
1 year, 10 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 …

Elephant charges at bus, gets dangerously close. Watch
2 years, 10 months ago

Elephant charges at bus, gets dangerously close. Watch

Hindustan Times  

A video which is equal parts scary and intriguing was recently posted on Twitter. The image, taken from the Twitter video, shows the elephant getting close to the bus. “Always be cautious and keep a safe distance from #WildAnimals, especially in #elephant area,” he wrote while posting the video. The video, taken from inside the vehicle, shows an elephant standing …

Tusker attacks two cars of Tangedco employees at Navamalai in ATR
3 years ago

Tusker attacks two cars of Tangedco employees at Navamalai in ATR

The Hindu  

Three employees of the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited had a narrow escape after a tusker attacked two cars at Navamalai in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve on Sunday evening. ATR authorities said a 49-year-old man who drove one of the cars suffered minor injuries while two others who travelled in the other car escaped unhurt. The incident took …

Wild tusker kills one, damages 3 houses in Pakur
3 years, 10 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 …

7 forest staff escape as tusker topples jeep
8 years, 8 months ago

7 forest staff escape as tusker topples jeep

Deccan Chronicle  

COIMBATORE: As many as seven Forest department staff had a miraculous escape as a wild tusker toppled their jeep, smashed the headlights of the vehicle near Mangarai check post at Anaikatti near Coimbatore on Friday night. Following an alert that a herd of elephants was frequenting the Veerapandipirivu area near Mangarai check post, the Forest guards and anti-poaching watchers went …

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