SC seeks Centre’s stand on having statutory body for elephants
2 years, 1 month ago

SC seeks Centre’s stand on having statutory body for elephants

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre whether it intended to have a statutory authority for protecting elephants similar to the lines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority and sought a reply in this regard within four weeks. Hearing a public interest litigation filed by journalist Prerna Singh Bindra and two other activists, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud said, “We direct that within four weeks the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change shall specifically respond to recommendation made in the ‘Gajah’ report of 2010 on conferring statutory status on the proposed body called National Elephant Conservation Authority. In the light of frequent electrocution deaths of elephants, the court asked the Centre along with the Central Electricity Authority and the states concerned to hold joint inspection in the protected areas, elephant reserves, and the vicinity of protected areas frequented by elephants, including elephant corridors, and submit a report to the court. Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati appearing for Centre informed the court that pursuant to the Elephant Task Force report of 2010 called “Gajah report” several recommendations were accepted by the MoEF&CC in August 2019. “The future of the Asian elephant, declared the National Heritage Animal in 2010, looks uncertain and bleak in India.The sheer number of elephant deaths due to electrocution go on to show the collective failure of the respondent governments in honouring the constitutional mandate of safeguarding the forests and wildlife of the country,” stated the petition filed through advocate Abhikalp Pratap Singh.

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Robot elephants at temples, an answer to cruelty against animals?
3 weeks ago

Robot elephants at temples, an answer to cruelty against animals?

Firstpost  

There is an initiative in India to replace elephants used in Hindu temple ceremonies with life-size mechanised replicas In this picture taken on February 24, 2025, workers assemble a robotic elephant model, newly donated by the Voice for Asian Elephants Society for religious rituals at the Chakkamparambu Bhagavathy temple in Thrissur, Kerala. It was donated by the Voice for Asian …

Study on elephant corridor in Tamil Nadu to reduce trouble for humans, protect jumbos
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Study on elephant corridor in Tamil Nadu to reduce trouble for humans, protect jumbos

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has initiated the process of notifying crucial elephant corridors in the state, a first-of-its-kind move to ensure the long-term conservation of its pachyderm population and mitigate human-elephant conflict. The State Planning Commission is funding a study to revisit ground truth and assess the validity of all the 42 corridors identified by the Tamil Nadu Elephant Corridors Committee. …

‘Scientific study on potential elephant corridors under way to arrive at final count’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Scientific study on potential elephant corridors under way to arrive at final count’

The Hindu  

Minister for Forests K. Ponmudy on Friday said ₹5 crore had been allocated for a 10-kilometre elephant-proof fence at Thondamuthur in Coimbatore. Participating in the Yaanai Thiruvizha, organised by the Wildlife Trust of India, in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, Mr. Ponmudy urged field workers to stay vigilant in identifying and resolving human-elephant conflicts. …

Rules that still manacle the captive elephant
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rules that still manacle the captive elephant

The Hindu  

In India, where elephants are revered as sacred symbols of wisdom and strength, privately-held captive elephants live a stark contradiction. New rules and loopholes In its intent to regulate potential misuse of captive elephants in private custody and curb illegal captures from the wild, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change published the Captive Elephant Rules in March 2024. …

Karnataka plans to set up Elephant Soft Release Centre
3 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka plans to set up Elephant Soft Release Centre

Deccan Chronicle  

Belagavi: In a move to tackle the menace of wild elephants in Kodagu and Hassan districts, the state government is making efforts to establish an Elephant Soft Release Centre over 2,000 hectares near these regions. The Minister said that daily patrols are being conducted in affected areas, and local residents are being informed about elephant movements through public announcements via …

Chhattisgarh Mining Crisis Forces Elephants Into Deadly Human Conflicts
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh Mining Crisis Forces Elephants Into Deadly Human Conflicts

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 10, 2024 23:11 IST - 10 MINS READ The Last Migration, an award-winning short film by Mike Pandey, famously depicted the journey of elephants from Bihar to Sarguja district in Chhattisgarh, braving forest fires and human interference along the way. Nitin Singhvi, a wildlife activist who filed a petition in the Chhattisgarh High Court in 2018 against …

Elephant electrocuted by overhead wire in MP
3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

40 elephants, 5 leopards died in 5 months: Minister tells Odisha assembly
3 months, 3 weeks ago

40 elephants, 5 leopards died in 5 months: Minister tells Odisha assembly

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Altogether 40 elephants, five leopards and 200 other wildlife species have died in Odisha in about five months from July, the assembly was informed by a minister on Tuesday. Forest and Environment Minister Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia, in a reply to a written question by BJD member Tushar Kanti Behera in the assembly, said departmental inquiries have been conducted …

Union govt to provide money to Madhya Pradesh to protect elephants
4 months ago

Union govt to provide money to Madhya Pradesh to protect elephants

Hindustan Times  

The Union government was expected to provide money to Madhya Pradesh under the Tiger Conservation Fund to protect elephants in the state, where 11 elephants died in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve due to consumption of fungi-infected Kodo millet Eleven elephants died in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve due to consumption of fungi-infected Kodo millet. Elephants occasionally crossed Madhya Pradesh as they moved from …

Odisha: Three elephants, including calf, electrocuted by illegal traps
4 months, 1 week 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 …

First winter count report of elephants to be unveiled by Nov 27
4 months, 1 week ago

First winter count report of elephants to be unveiled by Nov 27

New Indian Express  

He said the Odisha Elephant Census 2024 report of the Forest and Environment Department, released in June, had pegged the total elephant population in the state at 2,098 which was 122 more than the previous count of 1,976 in 2017. A herd of 121 elephants from neighbouring states, primarily West Bengal, has already entered the Baripada division in November first …

Elephant Fitness Certificate, 3-Days Rest, 3-Hrs Cap On Parading: Kerala HC Issues Directions To Prevent Cruelty During Temple Festivals
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4 months, 1 week ago

Elephant Fitness Certificate, 3-Days Rest, 3-Hrs Cap On Parading: Kerala HC Issues Directions To Prevent Cruelty During Temple Festivals

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has remarked that Elephants in Kerala are widely used in Temples in the name of tradition and religion but, in reality, it is a "commercial exploitation" without any care or concern for their well-being. The Division Bench of Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Gopinath P. thus issued certain directions for effective implementation of the Kerala Captive …

600 elephants dead since 2019, where Odisha, Bengal may be erring
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Post- tusker deaths, MP constitutes panel for elephant management
4 months, 2 weeks 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
4 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Elephant Whispers: A Symphony of Memory and Loss
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant Whispers: A Symphony of Memory and Loss

Times of India  

The article highlights the importance of protecting elephants, both for their ecological and cultural significance. It emphasizes the need for better conservation efforts and the recognition of human-like capacities in elephants. The piece also discusses the impact of human activities on elephant habitats and the need to respect the planet's biodiversity.

14-year-old female elephant electrocuted in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district
6 months, 1 week 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 …

Meeting of elephant range States of southern India held in Coimbatore
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Meeting of elephant range States of southern India held in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

A meeting of the elephant range States of southern India to granulate the components of the regional action plan for comprehensive understanding and management of human elephant conflict was held in Coimbatore on September 05 and 06, 2024. Besides discussing the action plan for mitigation of human elephant conflict in southern States, the meeting organised by the Ministry of Environment, …

Karnataka has lost more than 280 elephants in the last three years
6 months, 3 weeks 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 …

How many elephants does India have? You will probably know by June 2025
7 months, 1 week ago

How many elephants does India have? You will probably know by June 2025

Firstpost  

India, which is home to more than 60 per cent of the world’s wild Asian elephants, has been conducting five-year elephant censuses since 2022, but this year it has got delayed A new methodology for conducting elephant census was announced on 2021. India will have to wait until June next year for the results of the latest elephant census, as …

App that alerts humans to movement of wild elephants launched in India
7 months, 1 week ago

App that alerts humans to movement of wild elephants launched in India

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A northeastern state in India …

World Elephant Day: How railway tracks have become graveyards for jumbos in India
7 months, 1 week ago

World Elephant Day: How railway tracks have become graveyards for jumbos in India

Firstpost  

India has lost at least 200 elephants to train collisions in the past decade. File Photo/AFP Last December, a pregnant elephant and her female calf were hit by a train when they were crossing a track near Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani. Sensors near railway tracks alert railway administration and the forest department about elephant movement, which helps …

Mobile app launched to mitigate human-elephant conflicts in Assam
7 months, 1 week ago

Mobile app launched to mitigate human-elephant conflicts in Assam

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: Aaranyak, a biodiversity organisation in Assam has developed a mobile application to mitigate the problem of human-elephant conflicts. Bibhuti P Lahkar, who is the head of Elephant Research and Conservation Division of Aaranyak, told TNIE, that the app was launched to save human and elephant lives. Explaining its features, he said, “If someone comes across a wild elephant at …

Census in South Reveals Andhra Pradesh Has 142–148 Elephants
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Census in South Reveals Andhra Pradesh Has 142–148 Elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh has an elephant population ranging between 142–148, a census carried out in the four southern states of Tamil Naidu, Karnataka, Kerala and AP has revealed. Forest authorities of the four states carried out a synchronised census to find out the number of elephants present in their respective states. Additional principal conservator of forests Shantipriya Pande said for …

Elephant electrocuted while entering encroached land used for farming in Gudalur
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant electrocuted while entering encroached land used for farming in Gudalur

The Hindu  

An elephant was electrocuted when it tried to enter an encroached piece of revenue land that was being used for farming crops in Gudalur on August 7, 2024 morning. The encroacher, identified as Balakrishnan, is said to have put up a temporary fence on a portion of “assessed wasteland” that had been demarcated by the Revenue Department at Vadavayal in …

Wild elephant electrocuted to death in Tripura
9 months ago

Wild elephant electrocuted to death in Tripura

Hindustan Times  

A wild elephant was electrocuted to death on Monday after it came in contact with a live electric transmission line in Matrangibari area on Amarpur-Udaipur road in Gomati district of Tripura. We can know the exact reason of death after receiving the postmortem report,” a forest department official told reporters. The state government had recently announced several initiatives, including digging …

Forest Department, Railways jointly inspect tracks near Coimbatore to improve safety of wild elephants
9 months, 1 week ago

Forest Department, Railways jointly inspect tracks near Coimbatore to improve safety of wild elephants

The Hindu  

Officials from the Tamil Nadu Forest Department and the Palakkad Division of Southern Railway inspected railway lines passing through the Madukkarai forest range in Coimbatore district to chalk out plans to improve safety measures for wild elephants. Divisional Engineer Anshul Bharti and Additional Divisional Engineer Bibhash Paswan from Palakkad Division joined the Forest Department team along with loco pilots and …

Elephant population in Andhra Pradesh estimated to be in range of 120 to 142
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant population in Andhra Pradesh estimated to be in range of 120 to 142

The Hindu  

The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department has put the elephant population in the State in the range between 120 and 142. “Although only 51 elephants have been sighted during the exercise, the elephant population in Andhra Pradesh is estimated to be more than double the figure,” said Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Chiranjiv Choudhary. A majority of the elephants were sighted …

Action plan for TG forests to tackle wild elephants menace
10 months ago

Action plan for TG forests to tackle wild elephants menace

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The forest department in Telangana has prepared an action plan to deal with the menace of wild elephants straying in during the monsoon season for food and water from bordering Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh states. A sub-adult male elephant entered the Kagaznagar forest division by crossing the River Pranahitha from Gadchiroli and trampled two farmers to death in the first …

Tamil Nadu: Tusker electrocuted to death in Nilgiris forest
10 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Tusker electrocuted to death in Nilgiris forest

New Indian Express  

NILGIRIS/COIMBATORE: A 15-year -old male elephant died of electric shock at a patta land in Kunjappanai in the Kothagiri forest range in Nilgiris on Saturday morning. Forest officials said that the animal had allegedly come in contact with the live overhead power line after it pushed a tree onto it while eating and got electrocuted. As the animal was attracted …

How the move to revive elephant corridors has become a political problem in Tamil Nadu
10 months ago

How the move to revive elephant corridors has become a political problem in Tamil Nadu

Hindustan Times  

The Tamil Nadu government's initiative to restore all the traditional elephant corridors in the state to facilitate unrestricted movement of wildlife without running into conflict with humans has become a flashpoint with major political parties and prominent farmers' organisations objecting to the plan. The plan Last year, the state government constituted an expert panel to identify elephant corridors in the …

T.N. Govt. faces stiff challenges to balance needs of human communities and elephant habitats in Gudalur
10 months, 1 week ago

T.N. Govt. faces stiff challenges to balance needs of human communities and elephant habitats in Gudalur

The Hindu  

Despite opposition from residents and political parties to the Tamil Nadu government identifying two corridors that run through Gudalur in the Nilgiris, legal experts and conservationists feel that notifying the two corridors will be imperative in ensuring the conservation of the Asian elephant in the region. Draft elephant corridor report The draft elephant corridor report details the presence of anywhere …

Will the new wildlife rules accelerate illegal trade of India’s captive elephants | In Focus podcast
11 months, 1 week ago

Will the new wildlife rules accelerate illegal trade of India’s captive elephants | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The Indian government recently brought in an amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act with regard to captive elephants. This amendment, the rules for which came in last month, regulates the transfer or transport of captive elephants, and has sparked an outcry from animal rights activists. Captive elephants however, because of their historical role in India where they have been part …

In WB’s elephant zone, the forest department escorts students to exam centres
1 year, 1 month ago

In WB’s elephant zone, the forest department escorts students to exam centres

Hindustan Times  

Deep Das, 15, a resident of Pakhanna village in West Bengal’s Bankura district, hasn’t seen a wild elephant in his life. ‘Hula’ parties and specially designed Airavat vehicles have been deployed and each movement of elephants is being tracked closely so that students may be escorted safely to exam centres,” said a senior forest official. “In the western circle, which …

Elephant herd creates traffic jam on Bengaluru's Nice road: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

Elephant herd creates traffic jam on Bengaluru's Nice road: Report

Hindustan Times  

Traffic congestion on Bengaluru’s Nice Road was observed in the early hours of Saturday after a herd of elephants tried crossing the road around the Bannerghatta National Park area. The officials reportedly tried to drive back elephants into the forest and cleared the traffic. Elephant herd creates traffic jam on Bengaluru's Nice road: Report/ PIC FOR REPRESENTATION Also Road - …

Elephant dies of electrocution in Gudalur forest range, seventh such death in the Nilgiris since 2016
1 year, 4 months ago

Elephant dies of electrocution in Gudalur forest range, seventh such death in the Nilgiris since 2016

The Hindu  

A male elephant died of electrocution in Puliyampara, in the Devarshola section of the Gudalur Forest Range on Friday morning. Mr. Omkaram, in a statement to The Hindu following the inspection, said that the elephant is known to generally inhabitat the O-Valley, Nadugani and Gudalur forest ranges. The elephant’s death is the latest in a series of incidents involving power …

Two Elephants Lose Life in Human-animal Conflict in Chittoor
1 year, 4 months ago

Two Elephants Lose Life in Human-animal Conflict in Chittoor

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Erstwhile Chittoor district, which shares its border with forested regions of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, continues to grapple with consequences of human-animal conflict, as evidenced by two separate incidents that claimed the life of an elephant each on Tuesday and Wednesday. In a separate incident, a middle-aged male elephant died of electrocution at Gantavaripalli in Sadum mandal in Chittoor …

Railway staff avert possible collision of moving trains with 87 elephants in ghat section linking Tamil Nadu – Kerala
1 year, 5 months ago

Railway staff avert possible collision of moving trains with 87 elephants in ghat section linking Tamil Nadu – Kerala

The Hindu  

Timely response by the Railway staff, including loco pilots, had saved 87 wild elephants that were spotted along the tracks on the Ettimadai - Kanjikode section of railway lines, which connect Tamil Nadu and Kerala near Coimbatore, from April this year. According to the Palakkad Division of the Southern Railway, the staff came across a total of 128 elephants along …

Karnataka: 22 die in human-animal conflicts since April
1 year, 6 months ago

Karnataka: 22 die in human-animal conflicts since April

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: From the month of April this year as many as 22 persons lost their lives in Karnataka after coming in conflict with wild animals including tigers, elephants, leopards, sloth bears, and wild boars, said Minister for Forests and Environment Eshwar Khadre. After a meeting with senior forest officials, Eshwar Khandre said that in the last five and half years, …

Taming trunks and tempers: Research initiatives from the State to mitigate conflicts
1 year, 7 months ago

Taming trunks and tempers: Research initiatives from the State to mitigate conflicts

The Hindu  

Data from the latest elephant census report released by the Karnataka Government on August 9 must have been music to the ears of jumbo lovers. Mindless urban expansion at the cost of forest cover and elephant habitats, and infrastructural developments blocking movement of elephants have forced behavioural changes in elephants and increased instances of humans being exposed to the beasts. …

Elephant numbers up by 350 in Karnataka
1 year, 7 months ago

Elephant numbers up by 350 in Karnataka

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Over the last six years, elephant numbers have gone up by about 350 in Karnataka as per a three-day exercise conducted in May 17 to 19 this year, said Minister for Forests and Environment Eshwar Khandre in Bengaluru on Wednesday while releasing the Elephant estimation-2023 report. The previous elephant estimation done in 2017 stated that Karnataka had about 6049 …

Three Elephants Killed in Assam due to Electrocution
1 year, 7 months ago

Three Elephants Killed in Assam due to Electrocution

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: In a tragic incident at least three wild elephants, including two calves, who were hunting for food at a betel nut plantation in Assam's Kamrup district were electrocuted to death on Friday. Divisional Forest Officer of the Kamrup East division Rohini Saikia told reporters that a herd of wild elephants came to the area from a nearby jungle in …

Baby elephant dies of electrocution near Assam’s Kaziranga; one arrested
1 year, 8 months ago

Baby elephant dies of electrocution near Assam’s Kaziranga; one arrested

Hindustan Times  

Assam police have arrested one person for building an “illegal fence with live electricity connection” that led to the death of a baby elephant near Kaziranga National Park. According to the forest officials, a seven-year-old female baby elephant died of electrocution after she came in contact with the electrical fence. The incident took place at Borjuri Basti village near Kaziranga …

A jumbo task at hand
1 year, 10 months ago

A jumbo task at hand

The Hindu  

Only four days ago, four elephants of a herd of 18 dwelling in the forest near Katragadda village of Bhamini mandal in Parvatipuram-Manyam district were electrocuted while moving in search of food and water. Brewing human-wildlife conflict At present, the combined population of wild elephants, both residents and migrants, in the Kaundinya sanctuary and the Seshachalam ranges of the Annamayya …

AP plans steps to ensure safe passage of elephants
1 year, 10 months ago

AP plans steps to ensure safe passage of elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Government is initiating several steps to ensure the safe passage of elephants that move in from Odisha, Karnataka and Tamil Naidu to AP districts on a regular basis. In compliance with the advice of the Project Elephant Steering Committee of the Wildlife Institute of India and also taking note of the observations of the Supreme Court, …

Elephant census in Kerala forests from April 16, says Saseendran
1 year, 11 months ago

Elephant census in Kerala forests from April 16, says Saseendran

The Hindu  

A four-day elephant census will be held in the State’s forests from April 16, Minister for Forests and Wildlife A.K. Mr. Saseendran said a similar exercise would be carried out in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu forests as well during the period. Mr. Saseendran pointed out that the appointment of 500 people from the Scheduled Tribe community, who are familiar with …

Elephant deaths continue unabated in Odisha, 8 deaths in March so far
2 years ago

Elephant deaths continue unabated in Odisha, 8 deaths in March so far

The Hindu  

Notwithstanding court and National Green Tribunal orders concerning the safety of elephant population in Odisha’s famed wildlife sanctuaries, jumbos continue to perish in the State. March’s elephant death toll, the highest in four years, started with the discovery of an adult female’s carcass at Baghamunda Section of Purunakote Forest Range of Satkoshia Sanctuary on March 7. Mr. Mohanty said the …

Measures being taken to protect elephants in Tamil Nadu, says environment secy
2 years ago

Measures being taken to protect elephants in Tamil Nadu, says environment secy

India Today  

Days after four elephants were electrocuted in two separate incidents, Tamil Nadu Environment Secretary Supriya Sahu stated such incidents should not have happened. In another incident, a male elephant died while it was trying to cross a bund and came in contact with a low-lying high tension wire of the Tamil Nadu electricity board and died. We have asked our …

Two female elephants and a makhna killed by illegal electric fence in Dharmapuri
2 years ago

Two female elephants and a makhna killed by illegal electric fence in Dharmapuri

The Hindu  

Two adult female elephants and a makhna were electrocuted by an illegal electric farm fence here, near a village in Marandahalli late Monday, March 6, 2023. Two calves that were part of the group however were saved in time after the forest squad alerted the TANGEDCO staff to disconnect the wire. The incident happened near the reserve forest past 10.30 …

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