KSHRC seeks report on measures to protect Aralam residents from wildlife threat
3 weeks ago

KSHRC seeks report on measures to protect Aralam residents from wildlife threat

The Hindu  

The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has directed the Kannur District Collector and the Divisional Forest Officer to submit a detailed report on the measures planned to protect the residents of Aralam, who are facing life-threatening attacks from wild animals, including elephants. The Commission said in a release that the matter would be reviewed during a meeting at the Kannur Government Guest House at 11 a.m. on March 24. The Commission took up the suo motu case based on a newspaper report highlighting the plight of Aralam residents. Residents also cite the lack of basic facilities, including drinking water, as a major concern, stating that delays in the rehabilitation process have worsened their situation, the Commission said, citing the newspaper articles.

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Forest Department captures trouble-causing elephant in Hassan district
1 week, 1 day ago

Forest Department captures trouble-causing elephant in Hassan district

The Hindu  

The Forest Department captured a trouble-causing tusker with the help of tamed elephants at a private estate in Somanahalli in Bikkodu hobli of Belur taluk in Hassan district on Sunday. The Elephant Task Force conducted the operation following the protests by the people of Belur in the wake of recent deaths in elephant attacks. The department decided to conduct the …

Kerala High Court Seeks Detailed Action Plan From State Over Elephant Attacks In Aralam Farm
1 week, 2 days ago

Kerala High Court Seeks Detailed Action Plan From State Over Elephant Attacks In Aralam Farm

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court, on Thursday, asked the State Government if any plan of action had been formulated to combat the repeated elephant encroachments and attacks happening on Aralam farm in Kannur. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S. Manu asked the State to submit details on any plan of action formulated, the short-term and long-term …

Progress of elephant wall construction at Aralam to be reviewed
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Progress of elephant wall construction at Aralam to be reviewed

The Hindu  

The progress of an elephant wall construction in Aralam will be directly assessed on Friday, along with a site inspection led by MLA Sunny Joseph and District Collector Arun K. Vijayan, said Forest and Wildlife Minister A.K. As a measure against the increasing human-wildlife conflict, a 10-day special drive, with as may as 50 local residents participating, will be conducted …

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 …

Compensation handed over to kin of wild elephant attack victims in Aralam
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Compensation handed over to kin of wild elephant attack victims in Aralam

The Hindu  

The first installment of compensation, amounting to ₹5 lakh each, was handed over to the heirs of Velli and Leela, who were killed in a wild elephant attack at Karikanmukku in Block 13 of the Aralam rehabilitation area. The amount was jointly handed over by MLA Sunny Joseph, Aralam grama panchayat president K.P Rajesh, Irrity block panchayat president K. Velayudhan, …

As wild elephants kill four more people, what's Kerala's new action plan?
1 month, 1 week ago

As wild elephants kill four more people, what's Kerala's new action plan?

India Today  

Escalating human-wildlife conflict in Kerala has claimed the lives of four more people, including a woman, within days—all victims of wild elephants. On February 10, Noolpuzha villager Kapad Unnathil Manu, from Wayanad district, and Sophia Ismail, a home-maker from Kompanpara village in Idukki district, died in two separate wild elephant attacks. “We took several measures to reduce human-wildlife conflict in …

Elephant fury at temple: Forest, Revenue departments come up with contradictory reports
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1 month, 1 week ago

Elephant fury at temple: Forest, Revenue departments come up with contradictory reports

The Hindu  

The Forest and Revenue departments came up with contradictory reports on Friday about the circumstances that provoked two captive elephants on the premises of Manakulangara Devi Temple, near Kuruvangad, at Koyilandy and led to the death of three persons in a stampede-like situation on Thursday. While the Forest department indicated that a minor friction between the two jumbos triggered the …

Massive protests after wild elephant kills woman in Idukki
1 month, 1 week ago

Massive protests after wild elephant kills woman in Idukki

The Hindu  

Kompanpara, near Peruvanthanam in Idukki, where Sofia Ismail, 45, was trampled to death by a wild elephant around 6 p.m. on Monday, witnessed massive protests by the public late into the night. Demands Ms. Vigneshwari said the people’s demands included shifting of three families from the area which was under constant threat of wild elephant attacks. ‘₹5 lakh handed over’ …

Fatal wild elephant attacks in Kerala raise fresh concerns over human-wildlife conflict management
1 month, 1 week ago

Fatal wild elephant attacks in Kerala raise fresh concerns over human-wildlife conflict management

The Hindu  

Two back-to-back fatal wild elephant attacks in Idukki and Wayanad districts in Kerala have re-ignited public concerns about the effectiveness of the Forest department’s measures to address the increasing occurrences of human-wildlife conflict in rural localities with large settler-farmer and plantation worker populations. The Kerala government is facing public ire after a wild elephant fatally trampled Kappad Unnathil Manu, a …

Forest Department monitoring movements of wild elephant on the loose in Udhagamandalam
3 months ago

Forest Department monitoring movements of wild elephant on the loose in Udhagamandalam

The Hindu  

Following instances of negative interactions between people and a wild elephant in Cherambadi, the Forest Department is monitoring the elephant’s movements in the region. The Nilgiris district administration said that more than 75 personnel from the Forest Department are involved in monitoring the elephant, headed by an official of the rank Assistant Conservator of Forest and Forest Ranger. Forest Department …

Kerala man trampled to death by elephant, locals protest rising wildlife attacks
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3 months, 1 week ago

Kerala man trampled to death by elephant, locals protest rising wildlife attacks

India Today  

A 40-year-old man was trampled to death by a wild tusker in Kerala’s Knachary located in Kuttampuzha, Ernakulam district, on Monday night, triggering protests by local residents over the increasing human-animal conflict in the area. The deceased, identified as Eldhose, a native of Knachary, was walking home around 8 pm after alighting from a bus when the elephant suddenly attacked …

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 …

Odisha government orders probe into 50 elephant deaths in six months
4 months, 2 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 wall at Aralam will be completed by March next year: Kelu
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant wall at Aralam will be completed by March next year: Kelu

The Hindu  

Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes O.R. Kelu has said that the construction of elephant wall at Aralam will be completed by March next year. Speaking at the district-level review meeting of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Backward Classes Development department at the Kannur collectorate on Tuesday, the Minister stressed the urgency of addressing …

Centre seeks report as elephant dies in mob attack in Bengal
7 months ago

Centre seeks report as elephant dies in mob attack in Bengal

Hindustan Times  

The Union environment ministry has sought a detailed report from West Bengal chief wildlife warden Debal Ray on the brutal killing of an adult female elephant with a flaming spear by a mob in the state’s Jhargram district last week, officials said, as the incident triggered an outrage and renewed calls among activists for improved mechanisms to protect animals and …

3 of family, neighbour trampled to death by wild elephant in C’garh: Officials
7 months, 2 weeks ago

3 of family, neighbour trampled to death by wild elephant in C’garh: Officials

Hindustan Times  

Raipur: At least four people, including three of a family, were killed after they came under attack from a wild elephant in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur, officials aware of the incident said. Officials said that the incident took place in the Gamhriya area of Bagicha Nagar Panchayat on the intervening night of Friday. Jitendra Upadhyay, divisional forest officer Jashpur division, said that …

Wild jumbos claim one more life in Idukki
8 months ago

Wild jumbos claim one more life in Idukki

New Indian Express  

IDUKKI: Wild elephants claimed one more life in Idukki, this time of a 47-year-old tribal community member. Frequent wild elephant incursions in Munnar forest division have disrupted the life of residents in the area. The other deaths are: March 4: A 70-year-old woman trampled to death by a wild elephant at Kanjiraveli near Adimaly under the Neriamangalam forest range February …

Man killed in elephant attack in Karnataka's Kodagu district
11 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 …

Elephant Enters Kerala Home, Tramples Man To Death; Locals Stage Protest
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Wild Elephant Enters Kerala Town, 3 Injured In Melee
1 year, 5 months ago

Wild Elephant Enters Kerala Town, 3 Injured In Melee

ABP News  

A wild elephant entered the residential area of Ulikkal town in Kannur district creating a panic among the residents on Wednesday. As the elephant entered the town, the panic-stricken people ran helter-skelter for safety but three residents were injured in the melee. Following this, the police and forest department initiated action to send the elephant back to the forest, as …

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, …

Kerala: Protests intensify against HC’s order to relocate rogue elephant
1 year, 11 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 …

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 …

All three human deaths in O’Valley caused by different elephants, say officials
2 years, 8 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 …

Incursion Of Wild Elephants In Human Settlements: Kerala High Court Calls For State's Report On Proposed Action
3 years, 5 months ago

Incursion Of Wild Elephants In Human Settlements: Kerala High Court Calls For State's Report On Proposed Action

Live Law  

Taking note of a recent intrusion by a herd of wild elephants into human settlements in the Palakkad district, the Kerala High Court has directed the State to file a report regarding the action proposed to be taken to prevent such episodes in the future. Taking note of the same, the Court remarked, "The report to be filed shall indicate …

Uttarakhand: Man trampled to death by elephant on Neelkanth stretch
4 years ago

Uttarakhand: Man trampled to death by elephant on Neelkanth stretch

Hindustan Times  

A 55-year-old was trampled to death by an elephant on the path towards Neelkanth shrine in Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Pauri Garhwal district. Additional superintendent of police Pauri Garhwal Manisha Joshi also arrived at the spot and directed the deployment of police personnel as well as putting up warning signages about elephant movement in the area. Notably, last month on …

A farmers’ struggle in Sri Lanka, siding with elephants
4 years, 1 month ago

A farmers’ struggle in Sri Lanka, siding with elephants

The Hindu  

With rows of Sri Lankan flags fluttering in the morning breeze, it was not hard to spot the Independence Day event on Thursday in Walsapugala village, in the southern Hambantota district. “What does an Independence Day mean, when neither our farmers nor our elephants are free?” Mr. Samarawickrama’s organisation, and some 80 other farmer groups in the district, have been …

Elephant Death In Kerala: PIL In SC Seeks CBI Or SIT Probe
4 years, 9 months ago

Elephant Death In Kerala: PIL In SC Seeks CBI Or SIT Probe

Live Law  

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a Court Monitored CBI or a Special Investigating Team probe into the recent death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala reportedly due to accidental consumption of a firecracker-stuffed pineapple meant as a trap for wild boars.The petition has been filed by Advocate Avadh Bihari Kaushik and seeks the intervention of …

369 people killed in Odisha elephant attacks since 2015
5 years, 8 months ago

369 people killed in Odisha elephant attacks since 2015

India TV News  

As many as 369 persons were killed and 207 injured in wild elephant attacks in the last four years in Odisha, said a Minister on Tuesday. Forest and Environment Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh informed the Assembly that these deaths occurred between January 2015 and June 2019. The Forest Department has erected stone walls and solar-powered fences in several sensitive places …

Thrissur divided over jumbo Ramachandran
5 years, 10 months ago

Thrissur divided over jumbo Ramachandran

Deccan Chronicle  

THRISSUR: District collectorate here on Thursday witnessed a heated debate on parading of jumbo Thechikottukavu Ramachandran which has the highest hiring charges in the state. The elephant known among the pro-animal groups as the ‘killer’ jumbo and as ‘superstar’ amidst elephant fans had stamped to death two persons during a private festival at Kottappadi near Guruvayur. DC learns the ‘unpredictable’ …

Owner records for 32 elephants only
6 years ago

Owner records for 32 elephants only

Deccan Chronicle  

Thrissur: A report submitted by the chief conservator of the forest and chief wildlife warden to the Union environment ministry reveals that out of 521 elephants enumerated during the one-day census of captive elephants in Kerala in November, only 32 had valid ownership certificates. The report accessed under the Right to Information Act from the biodiversity conservator by Thrissur-based Heritage …

Captive Elephants : SC Asks Chief Wildlife Wardens Of States To Give Information
6 years, 2 months ago

Captive Elephants : SC Asks Chief Wildlife Wardens Of States To Give Information

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chief Wild Life Wardens of states to ascertain the age of all the captive elephants and supply that information to the Ministry of Environment and Forests.The direction is to the states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Tamil Nadu. The Supreme …

Toll up; killing spree raises concern over jumbo safety
7 years, 4 months ago

Toll up; killing spree raises concern over jumbo safety

Deccan Chronicle  

KOTTAYAM: Three wild elephants were killed during the last four months near Munnar raising concerns over the safety of the animals intruding into human settlements and agricultural lands. The wild elephant which trespassed into the agricultural land on October 23 near the KDHP company labour camp at Devikulam division died after sustaining electric shock from the fence. Eza, former director …

SC orders registration of all captive elephants in Kerala to make owners/mahouts responsible for cruelty, harassment
9 years, 7 months ago

SC orders registration of all captive elephants in Kerala to make owners/mahouts responsible for cruelty, harassment

Live Law  

Supreme Court allows authorities to initiate criminal prosecution against person causing harm to the elephants and confiscation of the animal.In a major step aimed at cracking down on physical and mental torture they are subjected to, the Supreme Court in a first-of- its-kind-order on Tuesday ordered registration of all captive elephants in Kerala which are mostly used for religious purposes. …

SC orders registration of all captive elephants in Kerala to make owners/mahouts responsible for cruelty, harassment
9 years, 7 months ago

SC orders registration of all captive elephants in Kerala to make owners/mahouts responsible for cruelty, harassment

Live Law  

Supreme Court allows authorities to initiate criminal prosecution against person causing harm to the elephants and confiscation of the animal.In a major step aimed at cracking down on physical and mental torture they are subjected to, the Supreme Court in a first-of- its-kind-order on Tuesday ordered registration of all captive elephants in Kerala which are mostly used for religious purposes. …

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