Tusker damages house, crops, makes off with 50kg cattle feed near Chinnathadagam in TN
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tusker damages house, crops, makes off with 50kg cattle feed near Chinnathadagam in TN

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Family members of a banana and maize cultivator were left horrified after an elephant broke through their chain-link fence and damaged their crops in Varapalayam near Chinnathadagam in the wee hours on Sunday. The elephant took away 50 kgs of cattle feed after damaging banana and maize crops at their farm. Narrating the incident, R Shanmugam said his family members, who moved into the new house four days ago from an adjacent old cement sheet house, were shocked to see the elephant up close after it shattered the roof of their old house. “The tusker entered our grove after breaking through the chain-link fence at 3 am and damaged our old house.

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Lone tusker causes widespread damages in farms near Coimbatore
3 months, 1 week ago

Lone tusker causes widespread damages in farms near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Farmers from villages in the Thadagam valley have demanded immediate intervention from the Forest Department to drive out a lone tusker that caused damages to crops in several farms in the past few days. The tusker entered at least seven farms in villages, including Somayanur, Kalayanur and Pappanaickenpalayam in Thadagam valley on Wednesday night. According to farmers, the tusker damaged …

Carcass of tusker found at Anthiyur in Erode district
6 months ago

Carcass of tusker found at Anthiyur in Erode district

The Hindu  

The carcass of a wild elephant, aged about 20 years, was found near farm land at Anthiyur in Erode district on Tuesday. Villagers at Karumparai found the carcass near the forest boundary coming under Anthiyur Forest Range of Erode Division on Tuesday morning, and alerted Forest Department staff. District Forest Officer Kumili Venkata Appala Naidu who inspected the spot told …

Elephant found dead, with tusks missing, in T.N.’s Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Elephant found dead, with tusks missing, in T.N.’s Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

The Hindu  

A wild elephant, aged between 18 and 20 years, was found dead with its tusks missing at the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Talavadi Hills, Erode district, on April 22. During a routine patrol, a Forest Department team found the fully decomposed carcass in a forest near Gumtapuram village in the Talavadi Forest Range of Hasanur Division, and alerted senior officials. …

WATCH | Wild tusker captured in Belur taluk of Karnataka’s Hassan district
8 months, 1 week ago

WATCH | Wild tusker captured in Belur taluk of Karnataka’s Hassan district

The Hindu  

The Karnataka Forest Department officials, with the help of a team of tamed elephants, captured a wild tusker, which had been causing trouble to local people in a coffee estate at Vatehalli near Arehalli in Belur taluk of Hassan district on Thursday, April 18. #Karnataka Forest Department officials capture a wild tusker at a coffee estate in Vatehalli of Belur …

Man attacked by tusker Arikompan two days ago dies in Theni hospital
1 year, 6 months ago

Man attacked by tusker Arikompan two days ago dies in Theni hospital

The Hindu  

Janitor Palraj of Cumbum Municipal limits in Theni district, who was attacked by the lone tusker Arikompan two days ago, died at the Theni Government Medical College and Hospital on Monday night Doctors at the government hospital said Palraj had suffered head injury in the attack by the elephant. Meanwhile, Forest Department officials led by Chief Conservator Padmavathi were monitoring …

Kerala’s troublemaking tusker Arikompan still comes for rice
1 year, 6 months ago

Kerala’s troublemaking tusker Arikompan still comes for rice

The Hindu  

Late on May 25, Arikompan made an attempt to return home. Based on this, the Kerala High Court, on April 13, ordered the translocation of the animal first to Parambikulam and then to Periyar Tiger Reserve, after consulting an expert committee. After vanishing into the deep forests for a couple of days, the tusker first emerged at Vannathiparai under the …

Tusker Arikompan caught, to be released in Periyar sanctuary
1 year, 7 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 …

Rice eating tusker's fate capture's Kerala media's attention
1 year, 8 months ago

Rice eating tusker's fate capture's Kerala media's attention

Deccan Chronicle  

Idukki : Arikkomban, a bull elephant fond of eating rice, which also earned him the moniker, lazily forages in a thicket along with his herd in Chinnakanal area of this high range district. However, it was the intervention of the Kerala High Court -- which has for now allowed Arikkomban to stroll around freely for a few more days -- …

Kerala: Elephant that wreaked havoc in Wayanad’s Sulthan Bathery captured
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala: Elephant that wreaked havoc in Wayanad’s Sulthan Bathery captured

Hindustan Times  

Forest authorities on Monday tranquilised the elephant that had allegedly sneaked into Sulthan Bathery town in Kerala’s Wayanad and attacked a person last week. The 20-year-old tusker was earlier captured by the Tamil Nadu forest department after it reportedly killed two persons and attacked several houses in Gudalur area in Tamil Nadu and surrounding places last year. Though it charged …

Foresters plan ways to curb tusker menace in north Andhra
2 years ago

Foresters plan ways to curb tusker menace in north Andhra

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Foresters here are planning new ways to deal with elephant menace in the region as the herds stray into villages and eat away crops like sugarcane, paddy, plantains, vegetables etc, causing huge loss to farmers. A nine-member herd including a male and two calves were seen moving around the villages and forest areas in Palakonda, Parvathipuram, Kurupam and Pathapatnam …

Elephants Attack North Bengal Village, Damage Crops, Property
3 years, 1 month ago

Elephants Attack North Bengal Village, Damage Crops, Property

News 18  

A herd of 48 tuskers attacked the village of Ausgram in North Bengal on Thursday, ransacking paddy fields and damaging property. According to reports, the residents of Ausgram got involved in a dispute with the forest department staff over the issue and the dangers of crop failure after the incident. The locals reportedly tried to chase away the elephants by …

Wild tusker kills one, damages 3 houses in Pakur
3 years, 7 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 …

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