Kerala forest department prepares to capture rogue wild tusker
1 year, 9 months ago

Kerala forest department prepares to capture rogue wild tusker

India Today  

The Kerala Forest Department has launched a massive plan to capture ‘Arikomban’, a rogue wild elephant causing havoc in the Chinnakanal and the Shanthanpara region - a hilly area of Kerala’s Idukki district. On Sunday, the forest department will use four Kumki elephants - Kunju, Konni Surendran, Suryan, and Vikram - to capture 'Arikomban’. This will be the forest department’s first mission with the four Kumki elephants. Kumki elephants are captive-trained and used in missions to capture wild elephants.

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Forest Dept. intensifies efforts to monitor movement of tusker at Cherambadi in Pandalur
21 hours, 59 minutes ago

Forest Dept. intensifies efforts to monitor movement of tusker at Cherambadi in Pandalur

The Hindu  

The Forest Department has intensified efforts at monitoring an elephant that has been damaging houses at Cherambadi in Pandalur. The operation to discourage the elephant from venturing near human habitationslooking for food grains to consume, has been continuing with the usage of advanced drone technology as well as other more tested methods aimed at minimising negative human-animal interactions in the …

Krishnagiri residents slam foresters for delay in taking action against jumbo attack
1 week, 2 days ago

Krishnagiri residents slam foresters for delay in taking action against jumbo attack

New Indian Express  

KRISHNAGIRI: Residents of Keratti village gheraoed the vehicle of a few forest officials on Friday night as they reached the village late after they were informed about the elephant movement. However, the vehicle was released on Saturday morning after the Anchetti forest ranger and Anchetti police inspector visited the spot and pacified the residents. V Baiyappa, a resident of Keratti …

Watch: Wild elephant chases task force jeep in Hassan, team escapes by inches
2 weeks, 1 day 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 …

Wild tusker creates stir at Kukke Subrahmanya Temple in Karnataka
3 weeks ago

Wild tusker creates stir at Kukke Subrahmanya Temple in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

A wild tusker created a stir when it strayed into the renowned Kukke Subrahmanya Temple premises, temple sources said on Monday. The forest department, local police, and villagers swiftly responded to the situation and guided the wild elephant back into the forest. According to temple sources, the incident occurred on Sunday night when the tusker wandered into the temple premises …

WATCH | Wild elephant enters Kukke Subrahmanya town, returns to forest
3 weeks, 1 day ago

WATCH | Wild elephant enters Kukke Subrahmanya town, returns to forest

The Hindu  

A wild elephant entered the temple town of Kukke Subrahmanya in Dakshina Kannada late evening on December 1, 2024. A forest department official said that the elephant was spotted in the town at about 8 p.m. After forest officials and locals chased the pachyderm, it disappered into the nearby forest after some time. Wild elephant enters Kukke Subrahmanya town It …

With tuskers in Chikkamagaluru, admin shuts schools, imposes restrictions
1 month, 1 week 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 herd causes chaos in Andhra's villages, destroys crops and vehicles
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Elephant herd causes chaos in Andhra's villages, destroys crops and vehicles

New Indian Express  

PARVATHIPURAM-MANYAM: The herd of seven elephants including a calf has been giving sleepless nights to the residents of several villages as well as the forest officials for the past few days in Parvathipuram mandal by destroying standing crops, trampling vehicles and creating havoc. Forest officials on Wednesday promulgated section 144 in Venkampeta and surrounding villages to avoid any untoward incident …

Injured elephant found with multiple arrow wounds in Odisha's Nuagarh reserve forest
1 month, 2 weeks 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 …

Karnataka to send eight trained elephants to Andhra to drive away wild tuskers
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Farmer trampled to death by wild elephant in Krishnagiri
5 months ago

Farmer trampled to death by wild elephant in Krishnagiri

New Indian Express  

KRISHNAGIRI : A 45-year-old man died in a wild elephant attack in Pansumandoddi village near Jawalagiri in Krishnagiri district on Thursday. The deceased was D Paramesh, a farmer.He was trampled to death likely by a tuskless male elephant in his farmland around 7 am on Thursday, said a forest department source. Villagers informed the forest and police departments and staged …

Fear of encounter with wild elephants grips residential areas of Matuthamalai foothills
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Fear of encounter with wild elephants grips residential areas of Matuthamalai foothills

The Hindu  

The conflict situation at the Marudhamalai foothills escalated after a female elephant and its calf that had caused damages in villages surrounding the Marudhamalai hills some months ago returned to those locations. @THChennaipic.twitter.com/zz9PgewW5v — Wilson Thomas July 3, 2024 Officials with the Forest Department said that the mother-calf duo had been roaming in parts of Kerala, Madukkarai and Boluvampatti forest …

Wild elephant enters residential area, Bharathiar University campus near Coimbatore
6 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 …

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 …

A lone elephant kills farmer, after he leaves hamlet following a tiff with family members, in Andhra Pradesh’s Kuppam region
6 months, 1 week ago

A lone elephant kills farmer, after he leaves hamlet following a tiff with family members, in Andhra Pradesh’s Kuppam region

The Hindu  

A lone elephant on June 16 created terror at the PMK Tanda in the Kuppam Assembly constituency, by fatally attacking a farmer. District Forest Officer C. Chaitanya Kumar Reddy told The Hindu that the farmer after a tiff with his family members had ventured close to the forest at an unusual hour, despite warning that the region was frequented by …

New fitness regime for elephants in Konni camp
6 months, 1 week ago

New fitness regime for elephants in Konni camp

The Hindu  

“Edathiyaane,” the mahout attempts to assert his authority. Five in all All five elephants at the training camp, which is also a major tourist attraction, are now undergoing a strict fitness regime involving hours of walking and timber lifting. “The morning walk starts around 6.30 a.m. and continues till around 9.30 a.m. Over time, the elephants have progressed to more …

Action plan for TG forests to tackle wild elephants menace
6 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Elephant census begins in Kerala on May 23
7 months ago

Elephant census begins in Kerala on May 23

The Hindu  

As many as 1,300 Forest officials and watchers will begin a three- day elephant census in the four elephant reserves in Kerala on Thursday as part of a synchronised elephant population estimation study in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Chief Wildlife warden D.Jayaprasad said Forest officials and watchers who had received training would fan out across 610 sample …

Elephant captured on the forest fringes released to the core area
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant captured on the forest fringes released to the core area

The Hindu  

An elephant that was repeatedly straying into the human landscape abutting Bandipur and causing crop damage was captured by the Forest Department authorities on Wednesday. The operation to capture the elephant involved the camp elephants led by Ishwar, Kanjan, Srirama, Lakshmana from Dubare and Rohith from Ramapura elephant camp. The elephants took part in the combing operations and helped the …

Forest Department shifts 26 captive elephants from Kozhikamuthi camp due to water scarcity, construction works
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Forest Department shifts 26 captive elephants from Kozhikamuthi camp due to water scarcity, construction works

The Hindu  

As part of a temporary arrangement for summer, authorities of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve have shifted 26 captive elephants from the Kozhikamuthi elephant camp near Top Slip in Coimbatore district to four other places within the reserve. Of the 26 elephants in the camp, one of the oldest in the country along with the Theppakadu camp in the Mudumalai Tiger …

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. …

Forest officials capture one more tusker in Hassan
8 months ago

Forest officials capture one more tusker in Hassan

The Hindu  

Forest Department officials captured one more tusker after sedating it with tranquilizer dart at Nidigere forest near Hettur in Sakleshpur taluk of Hassan on Sunday. The staff, with the help of tamed elephants, captured the tusker, which the local people identified as Seege, aged about 25 to 30 years. The veterinarians fired the tranquilizer dart around 12.30 p.m and within …

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

Man killed in elephant attack in Karnataka's Kodagu district

Hindustan Times  

A 63-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild elephant on Monday morning in Biruga village in the Ponnampet forest range of Kodagu district, according to forest officials. In past several months, the Kodagu district has faced significant challenges due to wild elephant encounters. Forest officials intervened to calm the situation but villagers expressed frustration over the lack of …

Straying tusker in human habitats in Wayanad driven away to forest
8 months, 1 week 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 …

Kerala's Tribal Chieftain Faces Elephant Attack
9 months ago

Kerala's Tribal Chieftain Faces Elephant Attack

The Hindu  

On March 5 morning, Rajan, 70, the mooppan or tribal chieftain of the Vachumaram Kadar colony, under the Vazhachal Forest Division in Kerala’s Thrissur district, ventured into the forest with his wife Valsala, 63, to collect Marottikkuru, a seed used to make medicinal oil. The State’s significant forest cover, containing around 30% of its area, and the densely populated settlements …

Wild elephant enters densely populated area near Dharmapuri; tranquilisation risky
9 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Elephant kills man in Kerala, third incident in a month
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Elephant kills man in Kerala, third incident in a month

India Today  

A 44-year-old man was killed by a wild elephant near the tourist town of Munnar in Kerala's Idukki district. This is the third such incident in the state within a month after two people died in Wayanad amid increasing incidents of human-animal conflicts. Police said the victim of the latest attack that occurred on Monday night at the Kannimala estate …

In Kerala, close elephant encounters of the third kind
10 months, 1 week ago

In Kerala, close elephant encounters of the third kind

The Hindu  

Romith Eldho, 12, is still in a state of shock. Like the Belur makhna, which has eluded capture, Thannerkomban was a radio-collared bull elephant released by Karnataka forest officials in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve bordering the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. They also waylaid the District Collector, forest officials, and the District Police Chief demanding protection for their life and property, and …

Kerala: Locals protest after tiger spotted in area where elephant killed farmer
10 months, 1 week ago

Kerala: Locals protest after tiger spotted in area where elephant killed farmer

Hindustan Times  

The residents of Padamala in Wayanad district of Kerala took out a protest march on Wednesday evening armed with burning torches demanding the capture of a tiger that was spotted in the same area where a wild elephant barged into a home and trampled to death a farmer last week. The tiger was spotted in the area where a wild …

Kerala: Radio-Collared Elephant Tramples Man To Death In Wayanad, Residents Demand Action
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala: Radio-Collared Elephant Tramples Man To Death In Wayanad, Residents Demand Action

ABP News  

A radio-collared wild elephant, which had been on the run, trampled a man to death in front of a residence at Padamala near Mananthavady in the early hours of Saturday. On Saturday, when the elephant charged towards Aji, he sought refuge within the compound of a house but the massive animal forcefully broke through the gate and inflicted fatal injuries …

Elephant Enters Kerala Home, Tramples Man To Death; Locals Stage Protest
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant Enters Kerala Home, Tramples Man To Death; Locals Stage Protest

News 18  

A radio-collared wild elephant broke the gate and entered the premises of a house in Kerala’s Wayanad before chasing a 42-year-old man and attacking him to death on Saturday morning. Meanwhile, the Kerala forest department has said a tusker with a radio collar fitted by the Karnataka forest department was seen in the Wayanad forest area two days before the …

Villagers in Sakleshpur in fear as lone tusker attacks two persons in Karnataka
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Villagers in Sakleshpur in fear as lone tusker attacks two persons in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Residents of Ballupete, Kalkunda, Irukuhalli and neighbouring villages in Sakleshpur taluk of Karnataka have been living in fear for the past two days as a wild tusker is roaming in their locality. The animal attacked two agriculture labourers, leaving them injured, at Lakkunda on February 7. The lone tusker is said to be responsible for the death of a labourer …

Wild elephant Thanneerkomban death: Experts point to lapses in mission, Kerala forest minister orders probe
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Wild elephant Thanneerkomban death: Experts point to lapses in mission, Kerala forest minister orders probe

New Indian Express  

Wildlife experts are irked that despite being aware that the elephant, in its 20s, was tranquillised just 18 days ago by Karnataka forest officials, a decision was taken to dart it again on Friday without checking its health condition. A top elephant expert, on condition of anonymity, raised serious aspersions against the forest officials who were involved in the mission …

Elephant dies during translocation in K’taka
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant dies during translocation in K’taka

Hindustan Times  

Tanneer Komban, a wild elephant captured in Mananthawady in Kerala’s Wayanad district, died untimely on Saturday at the Rampura elephant camp in Bandipur Tiger Reserve during a relocation attempt, raising concerns about the handling of such operations and the welfare of wildlife. Tanneer Komban, the wild elephant that died, was captured in Mananthawady in Kerala’s Wayanad district. An autopsy was …

Wild elephant keeps Wayanad town on toes for hours
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Wild elephant keeps Wayanad town on toes for hours

Deccan Chronicle  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Normal life was thrown out of gear in Mananthavady town of Wayanad District in Kerala on Friday after a wild elephant strayed into thickly populated areas of the township creating panic among the people. With the elephant moving around in the thickly populated areas of the township, Wayanad district collector Dr Renu Raj clamped prohibitory orders in Mananthavady municipality …

Odisha government seeks urgent deployment of kumki elephants from Tamil Nadu
11 months ago

Odisha government seeks urgent deployment of kumki elephants from Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

The Odisha government has sought assistance of Tamil Nadu for making kumki elephants and mahouts available in the wake of worsening human-elephant conflict in the eastern State. Odisha’s Additional Chief Secretary Satyabrata Sahu wrote a letter to his Tamil Nadu counterpart Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary stating: “In recent years, we have been facing significant challenges in mitigating human-elephant conflicts. …

Elephant Herd Runs Amok in AP's Vallivedu Panchayat
1 year ago

Elephant Herd Runs Amok in AP's Vallivedu Panchayat

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: A herd of wild elephants went on a rampage in Vallivedu village in Pakala mandal of this district on Monday night, damaging mango orchards and other agricultural fields. Tirupati urban development authority chairman Chevireddy Mohith Reddy visited the region on Tuesday morning and interacted with local farmers. The Tuda chief said the forest department would take appropriate steps to …

Elephant Arjuna of Dasara fame dies after being attacked by wild tusker in Sakleshpur
1 year ago

Elephant Arjuna of Dasara fame dies after being attacked by wild tusker in Sakleshpur

The Hindu  

December 04, 2023 04:55 pm | Updated 08:16 pm IST - Shivamogga Sixty four-year-old Arjuna, the elephant that carried the golden howdah during the Dasara procession, died in a fight with a wild elephant during the elephant capture operation near Yeslur in Sakleshpur on Monday. During the operation, a wild tusker attacked Arjuna, who succumbed to injuries he suffered in …

Wild elephant tramples forest ranger to death in Assam, injures four others
1 year, 2 months ago

Wild elephant tramples forest ranger to death in Assam, injures four others

Hindustan Times  

A forest ranger was killed and four others injured after a team of the forest department came under attack by a wild elephant in Assam’s Jorhat district on Thursday night. The deceased forest ranger has been identified as Atul Kalita According to the officials, the incident took place in the Bijoy Nagar area of Jorhat’s Titabor when a herd of …

Tracking injured elephant’s recovery: Hassan forest dept
1 year, 3 months ago

Tracking injured elephant’s recovery: Hassan forest dept

Hindustan Times  

The wild elephant, Bhima, which killed a forest guard HV Venkatesh on August 31, is recovering from its wounds, forest department officers said. “We are closely watching the movement of the elephant and the wound is getting better,” Hassan deputy conservator of forests Mohan Kumar said. Meanwhile, president of Kuniganahalli gram panchayat Shilpa Jagadeesh said, “The elephant is still suffering …

Elephant kills forest staff in Kodagu district
1 year, 3 months ago

Elephant kills forest staff in Kodagu district

Hindustan Times  

A temporary forest staff on Monday was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Kedakal near Madikeru in Kodagu district on Monday, forest officials familiar with the matter said. A forest official was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Kodagu district on Monday. According to forest officials, a 30-member rapid response team of the forest department had …

Chittoor: Foresters, Kumkis Capture Rogue Tusker
1 year, 3 months ago

Chittoor: Foresters, Kumkis Capture Rogue Tusker

Deccan Chronicle  

The marauding elephant that had been wreaking havoc in the fringes of forest areas in Chittoor district along Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border has finally been captured. A team of experts from the AP forest department used the help of two trained Kumki elephants to arraign the rogue tusker on Thursday. Divisional forest officer Chaitanya Kumar Reddy said Operation Gaja concluded …

Makhna captured from Village near Pollachi for translocation
1 year, 4 months ago

Makhna captured from Village near Pollachi for translocation

The Hindu  

The Forest Department captured and translocated a crop-raiding makhna that had been translocated from Dharmapuri to the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in February this year, from a village near Pollachi in Coimbatore district on Monday. The elephant, however, strayed from the ATR forests and travelled over 100 km to reach Perur near Coimbatore city after two weeks. But the elephant did …

Forest Department to capture crop raider makhna for third time
1 year, 4 months ago

Forest Department to capture crop raider makhna for third time

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Forest Department will give a third chance to a crop-raider makhna that was translocated from Dharmapuri to Anamalai Tiger Reserve in February, to live in the wild. The ongoing effort to capture and translocate the elephant for a third time, as it has been entering villages near Pollachi, will give the animal yet another chance to live …

Elephant carcass exhumed from private estate in Kerala, 4 held
1 year, 5 months ago

Elephant carcass exhumed from private estate in Kerala, 4 held

Hindustan Times  

KOCHI: Forest officials in Kerala exhumed the carcass of a wild male elephant from a private rubber estate based on a tip-off in Thrissur district’s Vazhakkode in a suspected case connected to ivory trade on Friday Kodanad forest range officials arrested 1, detained 3 in connection with an attempted ivory-trade case. ) When forest officials in Machad range excavated the …

How Arikomban, a lone tusker, ignited change in Kerala's conservation landscape
1 year, 5 months ago

How Arikomban, a lone tusker, ignited change in Kerala's conservation landscape

Hindustan Times  

A feeling of remorse has engulfed the village of Chinnakanal located on the fringes of a forest, which borders Kerala's famed hill station Munnar. Now released in the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve of neighbouring Tamil Nadu with occasional forays into the adjacent Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Arikomban's access to rice is almost nil. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and forest minister A …

Forest personnel monitor Arikomban’s movement at tiger reserve in Kanniyakumari
1 year, 6 months ago

Forest personnel monitor Arikomban’s movement at tiger reserve in Kanniyakumari

The Hindu  

June 07, 2023 04:45 am | Updated 04:56 pm IST - KANNIYAKUMARI After releasing the tranquilised wild elephant Arikomban in the Lower Gothaiyar Dam area of the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Kanniyakumari district shortly before Monday midnight, the forest personnel have camped there to monitor the movement of the tusker. Since the truck carrying the elephant could not be taken …

Elephant Arikompan captured in Theni district; to be shifted to Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve
1 year, 6 months ago

Elephant Arikompan captured in Theni district; to be shifted to Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve

The Hindu  

Ending an operation that lasted over five days, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department officials successfully tranquillised wild elephant, Arikompan also known as Arisikompan, at Uthamapalayam in the Chinna Ovulapuram reserve forest in Theni district, early on Monday, June 5, 2023. The pachyderm was transported in a truck by Forest Department officials, and as the vehicle entered villages, residents lined up …

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 …

Arikomban is now in Megamalai reserve forest: T.N. Forest Minister Mathiventhan
1 year, 6 months ago

Arikomban is now in Megamalai reserve forest: T.N. Forest Minister Mathiventhan

The Hindu  

The lone tusker - Arikomban has moved inside the Megamalai reserve forest area and the pachyderm is being closely watched by a team of officials and ground staff from the forest department, with the support of personnel from the police, fire and revenue departments, said the Tamil Nadu Forest Minister M. Mathiventhan here on Sunday, May 28, 2023. Now, with …

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