Three elephants killed after being hit by iron-ore laden truck in Odisha's Keonjhar district
5 years, 4 months ago

Three elephants killed after being hit by iron-ore laden truck in Odisha's Keonjhar district

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The truck, which skidded off the road after the accident in which three elephants were killed, has been seized by the police. Keonjhar: Three elephants were killed after being hit by a truck on a national highway in Odisha’s Keonjhar district early on Thursday, a forest official said. The pachyderms were crossing NH-20 near Balijodi area under Ghatagaon forest range, when the iron ore-laden truck knocked them down around 3 am, he said. “A female elephant, aged around 16, and a one-year-old calf died on the spot, while another female, which had sustained critical injuries, died during treatment,” Ashok Kumar Nayak, the Ghatagaon Forest Range Officer, said. The truck, which skidded off the road after the accident, has been seized, the forest range officer said, adding that the driver fled the scene abandoning the vehicle but his helper has been detained.

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Panic as wild elephants stray into densely populated Payam panchayat in Kannur
16 hours, 59 minutes ago

Panic as wild elephants stray into densely populated Payam panchayat in Kannur

The Hindu  

Two wild elephants that strayed into densely populated areas of Payam panchayat in Irrity taluk triggered panic on Thursday, keeping the rapid response team, Forest department staff, and the police on high alert. Despite repeated efforts, the elephants continued to roam the area in Payam, Kariyal, Vattiyara, and Erumathadam prompting ADM C. Padmachandran Kurup to order a ban on public …

Elephant goes wild at Kerala mosque fest, 24 hurt in stampede
Trending News
2 days, 9 hours ago

Elephant goes wild at Kerala mosque fest, 24 hurt in stampede

India Today  

An annual offering ceremony at the BP Angadi mosque in Tirur, Malappuram in Kerala, turned chaotic when an elephant suddenly went wild. The incident occurred around 12.30 am during the late-night proceedings of the traditional event, which typically draws large crowds. The BP Angadi mosque’s annual offering event is a longstanding tradition in the region. Local authorities and wildlife experts …

Most wild elephant attack deaths inside reserve forest areas, says Forest dept. data; farmers groups oppose claim
2 days, 18 hours ago

Most wild elephant attack deaths inside reserve forest areas, says Forest dept. data; farmers groups oppose claim

The Hindu  

Even as the number of wild elephant attack deaths rises in the State, recent Forest department data reveal that seven out of 11 wild elephant attack-related deaths reported in the State so far during the financial year 2024-25 occurred inside reserve forest areas. However, according to Forest department officials, wild elephants may not be attributed for the death of the …

Elephant severely injured after being hit by speeding train in Tripura
1 week, 4 days ago

Elephant severely injured after being hit by speeding train in Tripura

Deccan Chronicle  

Agartala: A full-grown elephant was severely injured after allegedly being hit by a speeding train in Tripura's Khowai district, an official said on Sunday. District Forest Officer Akshay Balu Bhorde told PTI that the elephant was bleeding profusely following the accident that happened on Saturday night. "The train, which was supposed to run at low speed as it is an …

Human-animal conflict death triggers protests in Kerala
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Human-animal conflict death triggers protests in Kerala

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: In Kuttampuzha panchayat of Ernakulam district, public protests erupted after a 40-year-old man was fatally trampled by a wild elephant on Monday night. Angry local residents accused forest officials of failing to address the escalating human-animal conflict in the area. In response, the local community, spearheaded by the People's Committee, organized a protest march to the forest department office …

Two sisters among three killed in a single night by elephants in Odisha's Bonai
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Two sisters among three killed in a single night by elephants in Odisha's Bonai

New Indian Express  

ROURKELA: Two minor girls, both siblings, were trampled to death by an elephant in a village under Gurundia block of Sundargarh district when the pachyderm razed the poor family’s hut late on Saturday night. In a separate elephant attack around the same time, a youth was killed in Sol village in the same forest range of the division, in yet …

Two minor sisters among three killed in elephant attack in Odisha's Sundargarh district
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Two minor sisters among three killed in elephant attack in Odisha's Sundargarh district

New Indian Express  

ROURKELA: Cruel fate doubled up with abject poverty to prematurely end two tender lives from blossoming when a marauding wild tusker razed their house made of twigs and polythene the ground and trampled two little sisters aged three and 12 years late on Saturday night in Bonai Forest Division of Sundargarh district. The incident occurred at Mundabasti of Kantapali village …

Three women killed by elephant herd in WB’s Jaldapara National Park: Official
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Three women killed by elephant herd in WB’s Jaldapara National Park: Official

Hindustan Times  

Three women were killed while one got injured by an elephant herd inside the Jaldapara National Park in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district on Thursday. A senior forest official said that a group of ten women from Dakshin Mendabari village under Chilapata forest range had entered the core area of the national park to collect firewood on Thursday. “On Wednesday, the …

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

AI camera saves lives of 3 elephants in Odisha’s Sundargarh, averts major rail accident
4 weeks, 2 days ago

AI camera saves lives of 3 elephants in Odisha’s Sundargarh, averts major rail accident

Live Mint  

A major rail accident was prevented in the Sundargarh district of Odisha after an artificial intelligence camera alerted authorities to an elephant herd approaching railway tracks. “AI camera captures & zooms into the elephants approaching the railway line, sending alerts to the control room for stopping the train. According to the latest elephant census conducted last month, 2,103 elephants were …

Watch: Wild elephant chases task force jeep in Hassan, team escapes by inches
1 month ago

Watch: Wild elephant chases task force jeep in Hassan, team escapes by inches

India Today  

A tense situation gripped Muvvala village, Hassan district in Karnataka, when a wild elephant aggressively chased a forest department jeep, leading the Elephant Task Force personnel to narrowly escape by reversing the vehicle at high speed. The aggression is believed to have been triggered by a radio collaring operation conducted the previous day on an older female elephant in the …

An elephant dies of apparent heart failure in Pakistan weeks after family reunion
1 month ago

An elephant dies of apparent heart failure in Pakistan weeks after family reunion

Associated Press  

KARACHI, Pakistan — An elephant died Sunday of apparent heart failure at a Pakistani safari park, an official said, less than two weeks after being reunited with her sister. Sonia, who was almost 19, is the second elephant to die in two years in the southern city of Karachi, where she had lived since 2009. She was reunited recently with …

Elephant electrocuted by overhead wire in MP
1 month, 1 week ago

Elephant electrocuted by overhead wire in MP

Deccan Chronicle  

Maihar: A wild elephant was on Friday found electrocuted in Maihar district of Madhya Pradesh after apparently coming in contact with a high-tension overhead electricity wire, a forest official said.The dead tusker was found in Mukundpur range, four kilometres from the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve where ten wild elephants died recently after consuming some poisonous substance, he said. The elephant appeared …

Odisha HC directs PCCF’s appearance in elephant death case
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Odisha HC directs PCCF’s appearance in elephant death case

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: Taking serious note of the death of three elephants due to electrocution in poachers’ trap at Naktideul under Rairakhol forest division of Sambalpur district, the Orissa High Court on Tuesday directed personal appearance of PCCF-Wildlife on November 26. Initiating suo motu proceedings on the matter, the division bench of Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and Justice Savitri Ratho said, …

Farmer trampled to death by elephant in Tamil Nadu
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Farmer trampled to death by elephant in Tamil Nadu

Deccan Chronicle  

Erode: A 55-year-old farmer was trampled to death by a rogue elephant in the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve here, forest officials said on Monday. The victim, identified as Maran, a resident of Bairamarathotti village near Guthiyalathur forest, owned farmland where he cultivated maize. To protect his crops from wild animals, particularly wild boars and elephants, Maran often stayed on his farm …

Odisha: Three elephants, including calf, electrocuted by illegal traps
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: Three elephants, including calf, electrocuted by illegal traps

Deccan Chronicle  

The carcasses of three elephants, including a calf, were discovered on Monday in the Buramal area of Sambalpur's Naktideul forest range, reportedly victims of electrocution from illegal electric wire traps set by poachers targeting wild boars.The grim discovery was made after locals spotted the dead elephants and alerted forest officials, who rushed to the scene to investigate. They alleged that …

Three jumbos die of electrocution after walking into electric trap for boars in Odisha
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Three jumbos die of electrocution after walking into electric trap for boars in Odisha

New Indian Express  

SAMBALPUR: In a tragic incident, three elephants, including a calf, died of electrocution after coming into contact with an electric trap laid by poachers to catch wild boars. The incident occurred in the Naktideul range under the Rairakhol forest division of the district during the early hours of Monday. According to reports, the carcasses of the elephants were first discovered …

Leopard, rescued in MP’s Bandhavgarh after attack on four persons, dies
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Leopard, rescued in MP’s Bandhavgarh after attack on four persons, dies

The Hindu  

Two weeks after the death of 10 elephants, a leopard has also died at Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, officials said on Tuesday. The leopard had been rescued on November 9 after he had injured four people in two days in the Manpur buffer range, BTR Field Director Anupam Sahay said in a statement. A veterinary health official told The …

600 elephants dead since 2019, where Odisha, Bengal may be erring
1 month, 4 weeks ago

600 elephants dead since 2019, where Odisha, Bengal may be erring

India Today  

On November 3, Odisha forest minister Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia ordered a probe into the rampant elephant deaths in the state, directing additional chief secretary Satyabrata Sahu to conduct a division-wise investigation. Both the deaths of elephants and human fatalities from conflict with them have been major challenges in the forested areas of Odisha as well as West Bengal. Under Odisha’s …

Chhattisgarh: Elephant found dead in Balrampur district; probe on
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh: Elephant found dead in Balrampur district; probe on

Hindustan Times  

An elephant was found dead at a paddy farm in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur district, a forest official said on Tuesday. Forest officials said that the male elephant was found dead in Murka village near Wadrafnagar forest range on Monday evening. In a similar case from the state, three elephants including a calf were electrocuted to death in a forest area in …

With tuskers in Chikkamagaluru, admin shuts schools, imposes restrictions
1 month, 4 weeks 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 Calf Dies in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Raising Toll to 11
1 month, 4 weeks 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, …

Post- tusker deaths, MP constitutes panel for elephant management
2 months 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 …

Odisha government orders probe into 50 elephant deaths in six months
2 months ago

Odisha government orders probe into 50 elephant deaths in six months

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The state government on Sunday ordered a detailed inquiry into the unnatural death of around 50 elephants in the last six months. Raising concern over the spate of elephant deaths, Forest and Environment Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia said responsibility will be fixed on officers found negligent and inefficient in safeguarding the life of the animals. Singhkhuntia directed the additional …

Injured elephant found with multiple arrow wounds in Odisha's Nuagarh reserve forest
2 months ago

Injured elephant found with multiple arrow wounds in Odisha's Nuagarh reserve forest

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: A male elephant was found grievously wounded on Sunday after being reportedly shot by poachers with arrows in Nuagarh reserve forest of Narasinghpur eastern range under Athagarh forest division. Unable to bear the pain due to multiple arrow wounds, the elephant was violently trumpeting while moving around the water body. Divisional forest officer of Athagarh JD Pati said on …

Elephant Gravely Injured by Arrows in Odisha's Cuttack, With Rescue Team Working Round the Clock
2 months ago

Elephant Gravely Injured by Arrows in Odisha's Cuttack, With Rescue Team Working Round the Clock

Deccan Chronicle  

A wild elephant is clinging to life in Odisha's Cuttack after being gravely injured by arrows. The wounded animal was discovered at Raghupani Bandh during a regular forest patrol, prompting immediate alerts to senior authorities. A team of forest officials successfully tranquilized the animal to initiate medical treatment. Veterinary experts and senior officials from Nandankanan Zoo in Bhubaneswar joined the …

Ten Elephants Dead in Madhya Pradesh: Initial Report Suggests Poisoning
2 months, 1 week ago

Ten Elephants Dead in Madhya Pradesh: Initial Report Suggests Poisoning

India Today  

Ten elephants have died in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, with initial reports suggesting poisoning. The deaths have sparked an investigation by the state government, National Tiger Conservation Authority, and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau. Authorities remain on high alert, increasing patrols and monitoring nearby elephant herds to prevent similar incidents.

Almost entire herd of elephants killed in India – and nobody knows why
2 months, 1 week ago

Almost entire herd of elephants killed in India – and nobody knows why

The Independent  

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Odisha Forest Department radio-collars problematic elephants
3 months, 1 week ago

Odisha Forest Department radio-collars problematic elephants

New Indian Express  

ROURKELA: With three solitary tuskers posing threat to human lives and property in Bonai forest division of the district, forest officials radio-collared two of them while efforts are underway to cover the third jumbo by Wednesday night. Sources in the Forest department said one of the problematic elephants was successfully tranquillised and radio-collared at a forest patch of Dharani Dhar …

4 trampled to death by elephant in separate incidents in Odisha district: Official
3 months, 2 weeks ago

4 trampled to death by elephant in separate incidents in Odisha district: Official

Hindustan Times  

Four people were killed after an elephant trampled them in the past three days in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, forest and wildlife officials said on Thursday. On Tuesday, three others, including two men and a woman, were killed while two others sustained injuries in a similar elephant attack in three separate places in Betnoti, Deuli and Rasgovindpur areas of the district. …

Two killed, three hurt in jumbo attacks, panic in Odisha villages
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Two killed, three hurt in jumbo attacks, panic in Odisha villages

New Indian Express  

BARIPADA: Panic has spread across Betnoti, Deuli, and Rasgovindpur ranges in Mayurbhanj district as two persons were killed and three others injured in separate elephant attacks on Tuesday. A herd of 50 elephants, split between groups of 28 and 22, is creating havoc in Rasgovindpur range after migrating from Deuli and Betnoti ranges. The injured include Sanga Mohanta of Uludihi, …

20-year-old female elephant found dead in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu
3 months, 2 weeks ago

20-year-old female elephant found dead in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

NILGIRIS: A 20-year-old female elephant was found dead at Nelakottai in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve on Sunday. Forest department sources said they suspect the animal may have fallen to death from a height. Field staff of MTR noticed the carcass on Sunday, and postmortem was carried out by veterinary assistant surgeon K Rajesh Kumar on Monday in the presence of Deputy …

14-year-old female elephant electrocuted in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district
3 months, 4 weeks ago

14-year-old female elephant electrocuted in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district

New Indian Express  

BARIPADA: A female elephant was found dead at an agriculture field in Mayurbhanj district in the early hours of Thursday. Villagers of Kuradik under the Betnoti range spotted the elephant's carcass and informed the forest officials. The DFO said the elephant possibly died due to electrocution since a livewire fence passed through the agriculture field. However, despite the deployment of …

Morning walker attacked by wild elephant near Coimbatore
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Morning walker attacked by wild elephant near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

A 61-year-old man from Kalayanur near Coimbatore, who went for a morning walk in his locality, was attacked by a wild elephant on Wednesday. Forest Department officials said that Mr. Ganesh had a close encounter with a lone wild elephant when he went for a morning walk from Kalayanur to Somayanur on Coimbatore – Anaikatti Road around 5.30 a.m. R. …

Five-months-pregnant woman is crushed to death by herd of elephants
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Five-months-pregnant woman is crushed to death by herd of elephants

Daily Mail  

A five-months pregnant woman and her unborn baby were crushed to death by a herd of elephants in Indonesia. Karsini was tapping rubber trees with her husband Rasum when she was attacked She had tried to deter the elephants by banging cans together, but appeared to enrage them File photo. A Sumatran elephant in the forests of Indonesia Muara Lakitan …

How forest officials saved a baby elephant from the brink of death. Watch
4 months ago

How forest officials saved a baby elephant from the brink of death. Watch

Hindustan Times  

Indian Forest Service officer Parveen Kaswan often shares heartwarming stories of wildlife and the efforts made by forest officials to help animals. Cheron Subba, a park staff member, played a pivotal role in Beer's recovery, even sleeping beside him for the first four months. Today, four years later, Beer is a thriving member of our National Park family," wrote Kaswan …

Jumbo herd damages houses in Odisha's Mayurbhanj
4 months, 1 week 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 …

A case for mechanical temple elephants
4 months, 1 week ago

A case for mechanical temple elephants

New Indian Express  

According to the Heritage Animal Task Force, 540 people were killed from elephant attacks during temple processions in Kerala and742 individuals injured between 2007 and 2024. At a temple festival in Pattambi, an elephant injured one person, killed two cows and damaged property. The Prevention of Cruelty to Draught and Pack Animals Rules of 1965 prohibits the use of elephants …

Karnataka has lost more than 280 elephants in the last three years
4 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka has lost more than 280 elephants in the last three years

The Hindu  

Karnataka, which has the largest elephant population in the country, has, in the last three years, lost more than 280 jumbos, of which over 30 have died due to electrocution. On June 11, the Dasara elephant Ashwathama died at its camp in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve also due to electrocution after it came in contact with a solar fence. Over the …

Young Elephant’s Death Exposes Wildlife Crisis in Chittoor District
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Assam: Elephant carcass found in Kaziranga; officials suspect tiger attack
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam: Elephant carcass found in Kaziranga; officials suspect tiger attack

Hindustan Times  

Silchar: The forest guards in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve on Thursday said they found the carcass of an adult elephant, suspecting it was killed by tigers. Officials said that after recovering the carcass, they buried it in the forest, and some locals joined in to perform the religious rituals. A large part of our forests was encroached …

Centre seeks report as elephant dies in mob attack in Bengal
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre seeks report as elephant dies in mob attack in Bengal

Hindustan Times  

The Union environment ministry has sought a detailed report from West Bengal chief wildlife warden Debal Ray on the brutal killing of an adult female elephant with a flaming spear by a mob in the state’s Jhargram district last week, officials said, as the incident triggered an outrage and renewed calls among activists for improved mechanisms to protect animals and …

Mob kills female elephant with flaming spear in ‘revenge’ attack in India
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mob kills female elephant with flaming spear in ‘revenge’ attack in India

The Independent  

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

Chhattisgarh: Stray elephant tramples three women, cattle in 24 hours
5 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Stray elephant tramples three women, cattle in 24 hours

Hindustan Times  

Three women, including two of the same family, were trampled by an elephant in Korba district, officials said. The elephant was spotted roaming near the villages of Kusmunda coal mine in Katghora forest division on Thursday, they said. “On Thursday night, two women of a family – Teej Kunwar and Surja Bai – were attacked by the elephant outside their …

Karnataka to send eight trained elephants to Andhra to drive away wild tuskers
5 months 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 …

Another wild elephant electrocuted in Gudalur; second death in 10 days
5 months ago

Another wild elephant electrocuted in Gudalur; second death in 10 days

New Indian Express  

NILGIRIS: A seven-year-old male wild elephant was electrocuted at Vadavayal in Sri Madurai Panchayat near Gudalur on Wednesday morning. This is the second wild elephant death due to electrocution in the Gudalur forest division in the last 10 days. Gudalur Divisional Forest Officer Venkatesh Prabhu and Forest Range Officer Radhakrishnan held an inspection along with the officials of the Tamil …

20-year-old Makna elephant found dead; forest dept says starvation likely cause
5 months, 1 week ago

20-year-old Makna elephant found dead; forest dept says starvation likely cause

Hindustan Times  

A 20-year-old Makna wild elephant was found dead in Hundi village, Kodagu district, on Monday morning likely due to starvation due to a vision defect that left it struggling to find food, forest officials said. Deputy Conservator of Forests in Virajpet B Jagannath said: “The initial investigation suggests that the elephant likely died of starvation probably because its blindness prevented …

Jharkhand: Two killed in elephant attack in East Singhbhum district
5 months, 1 week ago

Jharkhand: Two killed in elephant attack in East Singhbhum district

India TV News  

Two persons including a woman were killed in elephant attack in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, a forest official said today. A septuagenarian man was crushed to death by a pachyderm when he went out to relieve in a forest near Chauthia village in the early hours of Sunday, the official said. In another incident, an elderly woman was killed under …

Wild jumbos claim one more life in Idukki
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Wild jumbos claim one more life in Idukki

New Indian Express  

IDUKKI: Wild elephants claimed one more life in Idukki, this time of a 47-year-old tribal community member. Frequent wild elephant incursions in Munnar forest division have disrupted the life of residents in the area. The other deaths are: March 4: A 70-year-old woman trampled to death by a wild elephant at Kanjiraveli near Adimaly under the Neriamangalam forest range February …

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