Cumbum
1 year, 6 months ago

Cumbum

The Hindu  

With the rogue tusker — Arikomban — entering the streets of Cumbum town on Saturday, the police and forest authorities, who were visibly taken aback, announced Section 144 prohibiting the residents from stepping out of their dwellings until further orders. Superintendent of Police Praveen Umesh Dongare, District Forest Officer Samartha, Megamalai Tiger Reserve Deputy Director Anand, forest rangers Muralidharan and Anbu and their ground staff were closely watching the movement of ‘Arikomban’ and appealed to the residents to stay indoors. Power was disrupted at the Tangedco sub-station at Cumbum and Pudupatti, officials said and added that since the elephant was spotted along the Cumbum - Gudalur bypass and near the foothills of the western ghats, public transport and vehicle movement was also suspended. Forest officials said that since 2 p.m. the pachyderm was resting inside a tamarind farm on the outskirts of Cumbum - Gudalur Salai Road after the officials chased it using dummy pistols.

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Straying tusker in human habitats in Wayanad driven away to forest
8 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Elephant forcefully enters Haridwar district court, causes panic
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Elephant forcefully enters Haridwar district court, causes panic

Hindustan Times  

Chaos ensued at the district court in Haridwar, Uttrakhand after an elephant broke the gate and entered the premises. Elephant tore down the gate of district court in Haridwar. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} "In areas adjacent to jungles, there have been many occurrences where an Elephant made its way into Haridwar, in this instance it was the District Collector's office, …

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 …

Tusker Arikompan enters residential areas in Cumbum; power, transport suspended
1 year, 6 months ago

Tusker Arikompan enters residential areas in Cumbum; power, transport suspended

The Hindu  

Wild tusker Arikompan had entered Cumbum in Theni district, and was seen roaming through the town on May 27 morning, after being spotted near a human habitation in Kumily, Idukki on May 26. Arikompan has been making the rounds along the Kerala -Tamil Nadu border since April 29, when it was released into the Periyar Tiger Reserve. Watch | Elephant …

Farmers protest against move to relocate wild elephant
1 year, 8 months ago

Farmers protest against move to relocate wild elephant

Hindustan Times  

Thiruvananthapuram Protest intensified in many areas of Palakkad and Thrissur districts on Monday over the move to relocate a rogue elephant nicknamed Arikomban from Idukki to Parambikulam wildlife sanctuary following the directive of the Kerala high court. Earlier, the court had blocked the forest department’s move to make it a “kumki” elephant after the intervention of animal activists. But many …

Kerala: Protests intensify against HC’s order to relocate rogue elephant
1 year, 8 months ago

Kerala: Protests intensify against HC’s order to relocate rogue elephant

Hindustan Times  

Villagers in Palakkad and Thrissur districts on Monday intensified their protest against the move to relocate Arikomban, a rogue elephant, from Idukki to Parambikulam wildlife sanctuary following Kerala high court’s order. Locals staged a sit-in protest in front of wildlife warden’s office in Nemmara The high court last week ordered that the 40-year-old jumbo, which has been wreaking havoc in …

Wild elephant ‘Karuppan’ gives forest officials the slip in Talavadi Hills
1 year, 8 months ago

Wild elephant ‘Karuppan’ gives forest officials the slip in Talavadi Hills

The Hindu  

The Forest Department’s attempt at capturing a wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, in Talavadi Hills in erode district failed for the second time in a week, as the darted elephant was not fully sedated and it entered into the forest area. The elephant was tracked in a farm land in Talavadi Forest Range on Tuesday morning and the veterinarians fired a …

Captured ‘makhna’ elephant released in Ulandy range
1 year, 9 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 …

All three human deaths in O’Valley caused by different elephants, say officials
2 years, 5 months ago

All three human deaths in O’Valley caused by different elephants, say officials

The Hindu  

Forest Department officials confirmed that all three human deaths in O’Valley in Gudalur over the last two months were caused by three different elephants, and not by a single tusker, as alleged by local residents. “Local residents are demanding that the Forest Department capture the tusker known as OVT-1, alleging that this elephant is responsible for all three deaths,” said …

Jumbo kills woman, second death in Gudalur in two days
2 years, 6 months ago

Jumbo kills woman, second death in Gudalur in two days

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: A 40-year-old woman was killed in a wild elephant attack near her residential quarters at Baram estate near O'Valley in Gudalur forest division on Friday night. This is the second human death due to a wild elephant attack in the Gudalur forest division in two days. Over 100 residents led by Gudalur MLA Pon Jayaseelan staged a road blockade …

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