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Elephant tusk ivory, rare 'navapashana' alloy idols recovered in Tamil Nadu raid

Tamil Nadu’s Thiruvannamalai police, in coordination with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, have recovered two rare idols, a navapashana idol of Lord Murugan and a Krishna idol carved from elephant tusk, at Kandiyankuppam. The WCCB, which monitors the smuggling of elephant tusk-based artifacts, received a tip-off about a gang operating near Hosur and Krishnagiri. Officials revealed that if the navapashana …

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3 days, 15 hours ago

John Abraham urges Nepal government to cancel Chitwan Festival, Elephant games

India Today

Actor and film producer John Abraham has sent an urgent letter to Badri Prasad Pandey, the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal, urging him to end the abuse of animals at the Chitwan Elephant Festival, where elephants are beaten into submission and forced to race, give rides, and “play” polo and football. He further added, “These intelligent, …

Nepal Elephant Chitwan

3 days, 15 hours ago

Kerala High Court calls for captive elephants' ownership census in state

India Today

The Kerala High Court has ordered the state government to form a team to conduct a detailed survey and census of all captive elephants in the state. “We direct the state to constitute a team of District Collectors, Divisional Forest Officers from each district, to undertake a survey of the captive elephants held by private individuals/institutions and submit a report …

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'How Can You Ask Elephants To Keep 3 Meter Distance? Kerala High Court's Directions Impractical': Supreme Court

Live Law

The Supreme Court today while effectively staying the restrictions imposed by the Kerala High Court dated November 13, including that a minimum distance of 3 meters should be there between elephants during processions in temple festivals, remarked that the High Court should not have exercised suo moto powers and issued directions in "vacuum". While directing strict compliance with the Kerala …

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4 days, 15 hours ago

Supreme Court halts Kerala HC's 'impractical' rules on elephant in temple fests

India Today

At the famous Thrissur Pooram, it’s a centuries-old tradition that a large number of decorated elephants are paraded for all to see. And on Thursday, Supreme Court kept the tradition in mind to temporarily halt the restrictions imposed by the Kerala High Court on the use of elephants in temple festivals. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and N …

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5 days, 6 hours ago

Animal welfare group says bacterial infection killed Sonia the elephant in Pakistan

Associated Press

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani veterinary surgeons found that a bacterial infection killed an elephant at a safari park in the city of Karachi earlier this month, a veterinarian with a global animal welfare organization said Wednesday. Dr. Amir Khalil with the Vienna-based Four Paws told The Associated Press that the infection spread through 19-year-old Sonia’s body from her foot, raising concerns …

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6 days, 2 hours ago

Human-animal conflict death triggers protests in Kerala

Deccan Chronicle

Thiruvananthapuram: In Kuttampuzha panchayat of Ernakulam district, public protests erupted after a 40-year-old man was fatally trampled by a wild elephant on Monday night. Angry local residents accused forest officials of failing to address the escalating human-animal conflict in the area. In response, the local community, spearheaded by the People's Committee, organized a protest march to the forest department office …

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'Whose Land Is It Anyway?' Why Elephant Conflicts Are On The Rise In Jharkhand

The Quint

Saraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand: The death of Samal Murmu didn’t come as a shock to many in Rasunia, a nondescript village in Jharkhand’s Saraikela-Kharsawan district. “Such deaths are common in our part of the world,” village sarpanch Mangal Majhi told IndiaSpend five days after the incident. As the head of the village, it was Majhi’s responsibility to help file the paperwork required …

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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 …

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1 week ago

Elephant politely signals man to move aside in viral video: 'Humans have much to learn'

Hindustan Times

Nature has a unique way of leaving us in awe, and a recently viral video has done just that. Elephant calmly signalled man to move, gently asking him to step aside in viral video. Posted with the caption, “Elephant gently reminding the human that he is in the way,” the clip has drawn praise for showcasing the elephant’s considerate and …

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1 week ago

Priyanka Gandhi raises human-animal conflict compensation issue in Lok Sabha

India Today

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Monday, brought up in Lok Sabha the issue of compensation in cases of man-animal conflict. The newly elected Wayanad MP, while asking a supplementary question during Question Hour, pointed out to the congregation that a person died and another was severely injured in an elephant attack in her constituency. On Saturday, a female engineering student died …

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1 week ago

Works of elephant rehabilitation centre near Coimbatore in final stages

The Hindu

The work on a rehabilitation centre for captive elephants that is coming up in the forest at Chadivayal in Coimbatore district are in the final stage, according to the Forest Department. According to the Forest Department, the centre is coming up in about 20 hectares, with two streams running on both sides of the site, in the Boluvampatti forest range. …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Collector inspects sealed resorts along notified elephant corridor marked for demolition in the Nilgiris

The Hindu

The Nilgiris District Collector, Lakshmi Bhavya Tanneeru, recently inspected illegal resorts that were sealed along the notified elephant corridor in Sigur. The Collector, acting on the orders of the Segur Plateau Elephant Corridor Inquiry Committee formed by the Supreme Court, served demolition notices to more than 35 properties three months ago. Ms. Tanneeru, told The Hindu that she inspected the …

1 week, 3 days ago

Tourist killed by wild elephant in Thailand park

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The 49-year-old Thai woman, identified only as Jeeranan from Chachoengsao, was reportedly walking along a trail to the Phen Phop …

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1 week, 3 days ago

MLA wants Karnataka government to allow shooting at elephants entering farm land

India Today

Harish Poonja, a BJP MLA from Karnataka’s Belthangady constituency, made a request on the Legislative Assembly floor. Discussing the challenges faced by farmers due to wild elephants destroying their crops, Poonja said: “Give a chance to the farmers. There is a law and as an MLA you have to make people understand what that law is,” Khandre told Poonja regarding …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Perth Zoo's female elephant Permai set to depart in late January, months ahead of schedule

ABC

One of Perth Zoo's beloved elephants is leaving much sooner than originally planned after showing signs of loneliness. Female elephant Permai will be relocated to South Australia's Monarto Safari Park next month, about six months ahead of schedule, and before male elephant Putra Mas, who will wait until he's completed his annual hormonal surge. "We've always known that Permai is …

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1 week, 3 days 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 …

Elephant

1 week, 4 days ago

Captive Elephant Sonu’s Eight-Year Ordeal: Legal Battles and Calls for Freedom in Chhattisgarh

The Hindu

Published : Dec 12, 2024 20:24 IST - 4 MINS READ For over eight years, an elephant named Sonu has been held captive in Chhattisgarh as part of the Forest Department’s strategy to manage the growing human-elephant conflict in the State. The committee included experts from the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun; the Elephant Study Centre, College of Veterinary and …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Meet Raja, the elephant who collects 'Food' as road tax in Sri Lanka, video goes viral | WATCH

India TV News

The standard road toll system in Sri Lanka has taken an unexpected turn, with motorists passing through a specific road required to pay a unique "food tax." While standing on the Buttala-Kataragama road in Sri Lanka, he quickly stops automobiles approaching him and requests food. Raja the elephant is well known in these parts of Sri Lanka - he’ll let …

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1 week, 5 days 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 …

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1 week, 6 days ago

'Tax collector' elephant halts vehicles in Sri Lanka to gather food, goes viral for his hustle

Hindustan Times

While most people stop at toll booths to pay transport employees, in Sri Lanka an elephant has devised its own way of collecting tax from travellers. Known to locals as Raja, the elephant who is believed to be 40 years old is the most punctual tax collector. Locals believe the elephant's habit to collect a food tax on the road …

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2 weeks 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 …

Elephant

2 weeks ago

Did toxic algae kill hundreds of elephants in Botswana?

Al Jazeera

More than 350 elephants in Botswana died from toxic waterholes contaminated with cyanobacteria in 2020. An investigation into the sudden deaths of at least 350 elephants in Botswana in 2020 has revealed the cause was almost certainly a “toxic brew” of open water tainted by a species of cyanobacteria that released cyanotoxins, essentially contaminating the elephants’ watering holes. “Scientists believe …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

An elephant dies of apparent heart failure in Pakistan weeks after family reunion

Associated Press

KARACHI, Pakistan — An elephant died Sunday of apparent heart failure at a Pakistani safari park, an official said, less than two weeks after being reunited with her sister. Sonia, who was almost 19, is the second elephant to die in two years in the southern city of Karachi, where she had lived since 2009. She was reunited recently with …

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Elephant tusk ivory, rare 'navapashana' alloy idols recovered in Tamil Nadu raid

John Abraham urges Nepal government to cancel Chitwan Festival, Elephant games

Kerala High Court calls for captive elephants' ownership census in state

'How Can You Ask Elephants To Keep 3 Meter Distance? Kerala High Court's Directions Impractical': Supreme Court

Supreme Court halts Kerala HC's 'impractical' rules on elephant in temple fests

Animal welfare group says bacterial infection killed Sonia the elephant in Pakistan

Human-animal conflict death triggers protests in Kerala

'Whose Land Is It Anyway?' Why Elephant Conflicts Are On The Rise In Jharkhand

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

Elephant politely signals man to move aside in viral video: 'Humans have much to learn'

Priyanka Gandhi raises human-animal conflict compensation issue in Lok Sabha

Works of elephant rehabilitation centre near Coimbatore in final stages

Collector inspects sealed resorts along notified elephant corridor marked for demolition in the Nilgiris

Tourist killed by wild elephant in Thailand park

MLA wants Karnataka government to allow shooting at elephants entering farm land

Perth Zoo's female elephant Permai set to depart in late January, months ahead of schedule

Karnataka plans to set up Elephant Soft Release Centre

Captive Elephant Sonu’s Eight-Year Ordeal: Legal Battles and Calls for Freedom in Chhattisgarh

Meet Raja, the elephant who collects 'Food' as road tax in Sri Lanka, video goes viral | WATCH

Chhattisgarh Mining Crisis Forces Elephants Into Deadly Human Conflicts

'Tax collector' elephant halts vehicles in Sri Lanka to gather food, goes viral for his hustle

Watch: Wild elephant chases task force jeep in Hassan, team escapes by inches

Did toxic algae kill hundreds of elephants in Botswana?

An elephant dies of apparent heart failure in Pakistan weeks after family reunion