Elephant stuck in mud puddle rescued in Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Viral video
3 years, 7 months ago

Elephant stuck in mud puddle rescued in Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Viral video

India Today  

An elephant stuck in a fresh mud puddle was rescued by officials in the Moleyur range of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka. “One female elephant, stuck in the fresh mud puddle in Moleyur range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve, rescued successfully,” the caption of the post reads. Watch the video here: Ramesh Pandey of the Indian Forest Services also tweeted the video and said, “Sometimes wrong posture coupled with heavy weight in a slushy ground can make an elephant helpless. VC: BTR pic.twitter.com/Sx2e6tZiTm — Ramesh Pandey May 16, 2021 As the video went viral, social media users applauded the officials for rescuing the elephant.

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Elephant calf rescued in Udhagamandalam
6 months, 2 weeks 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 abandoned near Coimbatore shifted to Theppakadu camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Elephant calf found abandoned near Coimbatore shifted to Theppakadu camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

The Hindu  

An elephant calf that was found abandoned near Periyanaickenpalayam in Coimbatore district on April 6, 2024, was taken to the Theppakadu elephant camp in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Nilgiris, on Wednesday, April 10. The decision to move the male calf, aged around three months, to the elephant camp, was taken late on Tuesday, April 9, after a final attempt made …

Elephant Attack in Bandipur: Men Escape 'Death' After Attempting a Selfie with a Charging Jumbo
11 months, 1 week ago

Elephant Attack in Bandipur: Men Escape 'Death' After Attempting a Selfie with a Charging Jumbo

News 18  

Going on a tour to a national park or zoo is a dreamy escape for many, but the nightmare of being chased and attacked by an animal is something no one wants to face after all, who wants to get trapped in the adrenaline rush and the breath-stealing moment when the line between life and death blurs. This spine-chilling scenario …

Elephant herd comes together to save calf stranded in mud. Watch
11 months, 1 week ago

Elephant herd comes together to save calf stranded in mud. Watch

Hindustan Times  

In South Africa’s Addo Elephant National Park, a heartwarming incident unfolded when a group of elephants united as one to rescue a calf trapped in mud. South Africa: Elephant herd saving the calf stuck in mud. “Entire elephant family work together to save a baby stuck in the mud,” reads the caption to the video shared on the YouTube channel …

Forest Department rescues juvenile elephant from water storage tank near Coimbatore
1 year, 1 month ago

Forest Department rescues juvenile elephant from water storage tank near Coimbatore

The Hindu  

In an early morning operation, the Forest Department rescued a juvenile male elephant that fell into a water storage tank in a farm near Madukkarai in Coimbatore district on Thursday, November 23, 2023. According to the Forest Department, a herd of elephants entered human habitations from Madukkarai forest range’s Mangalapalayam beat early Thursday morning. Forest Department staff rescued a juvenile …

Captured ‘makhna’ elephant released in Ulandy range
1 year, 10 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 …

‘Makhna’ elephant captured in Coimbatore, shifted to rescue truck amid stiff resistance
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Makhna’ elephant captured in Coimbatore, shifted to rescue truck amid stiff resistance

The Hindu  

A wild ‘makhna’ elephant was tranquillized and shifted to a rescue truck of the Forest Department with the support of a ‘kumki’ elephant, bigger than the ‘makhna’, at a banana field in Coimbatore on Thursday. Sources in the Forest Department said the elephant’s capture was a huge relief for farmers on the fringes and adjoining areas of Pollachi Forest Division, …

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 …

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, …

Baby elephant rescued after 4-hour-long operation and reunited with herd. Viral video
2 years, 7 months ago

Baby elephant rescued after 4-hour-long operation and reunited with herd. Viral video

India Today  

IFS officer Parveen Kaswan took to Twitter to share a video of a baby elephant being rescued after it fell into a ditch. Team pic.twitter.com/pLC3FFKaxj — Parveen Kaswan June 7, 2022 Netizens hailed the quick action taken by the authorities and called them the saviours of wildlife. — @PrinceKiran69 June 7, 2022 Super rescue operation my respect for the entire …

Elephant Rivaldo released into the wild
3 years, 5 months ago

Elephant Rivaldo released into the wild

The Hindu  

The wild elephant, Rivaldo, who has been in captivity for around three months in the buffer zone of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, has finally been freed. Forest Department officials had initially remained non-committal on whether Rivaldo would be freed from captivity, insisting that the elephant required medical treatment and would not be able to survive in the wild if freed. …

JCB ki Khudai: Elephant Stuck in Ditch Rescued Using Mud Excavator at Bandipur Tiger Reserve
3 years, 7 months ago

JCB ki Khudai: Elephant Stuck in Ditch Rescued Using Mud Excavator at Bandipur Tiger Reserve

News 18  

An adolescent elephant got stuck into a fresh mud puddle in Bandipur Tiger Reserve located in Karnataka recently. The 45-seconds-long video was posted on Twitter by the official handle of Bandipur Tiger Reserve and depicted a female elephant struggling to get out of a puddle of fresh mud in the Moleyur range of the reserve. The video has also shared …

Injured elephant calf rescued from mud puddle in Assam village. See pics
4 years, 1 month 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 …

Chennai: Another wild crop-raiding tusker gets translocated
5 years, 11 months ago

Chennai: Another wild crop-raiding tusker gets translocated

Deccan Chronicle  

Coimbatore: Within a span of 38 days, yet another wild elephant was captured in the forest division here on Friday, in an operation named ‘Chinnathambi Gaja yatra’, that was radio collared for translocation. Following continuous petitions by some farmers and brick chamber owners of Thadagam valley, politicians pressurised the forest department to capture the two so-called ‘crop raiding’ tuskers, that …

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