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Unwell wild elephant in Tamil Nadu yet to get back on its feet

ERODE: The treatment of a 30-year-old wild female elephant which was found in an unconscious state in the Kadambur Hills of Erode district entered the third day on Saturday. A team of frontline staff of the Forest Department found the elephant lying in an unconscious state at Kachapallam area in Kadambur range during patrol on Thursday, said sources. However, we …

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Tamil Nadu forest officials treat sick elephant and her calf. IAS officer shares post

Forest officials at the Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu are going above and beyond to nurse a very unwell female elephant back to health. The caption accompanying Supriya Sahu's post reads, “A very difficult time for the Forest Team at the Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve as they are putting their best efforts to treat a very unwell female elephant. Her …

Wild elephant falls sick in farm near Coimbatore, treatment begins

Veterinarians on Thursday began treatment for a female wild elephant that fell sick in a private farm at Sirumugai in Coimbatore district. The Forest Department said the elephant was found lying sick on an agricultural land belonging to Murugan on Thursday morning. After being alerted by the field staff, District Forest Officer N. Jayaraj issued directions for initiating treatment for …

Elephant Sirumugai

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 …

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 …

Retired veterinarian roped in to capture wild elephant Karuppan in Erode Talavadi Hills

The Forest Department in Erode district has roped in retired veterinarian N.S. Manoharan to carry out an operation to capture a wild elephant nicknamed Karuppan, in Talavadi Hills, and fix a radio collar on it and translocate it here, on Tuesday. The move comes after the Forest Department’s 100-member team, including veterinarians, failed to capture the elephant during the ‘Operation …

Operation to capture wild elephant Karuppan in Talavadi Hills suspended temporarily

The ‘Operation Black’ to capture a wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, in Talavadi Hills, fix radio collar and translocate it was suspended temporarily here on Thursday. This comes after veterinarians fired three tranquiliser darts in the morning and the darted elephant was not completely sedated and entered deep into the forest area. “Also, climatic, biotic, diet and physical factors of the …

Not fully sedated, wild elephant Karuppan returns to forest

The ‘Operation Black’ to capture a wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, and fix a radio collar and translocate it in Talavadi Hills could not be completed on the third day of operation, as the darted elephant was not fully sedated, and it entered the forest area, here on Saturday. K. Rajkumar, Conservator of Forests and Field Director, Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, told …

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Elephant calf hit by train, falls into gorge. She has spinal injuries, say officials

HALDWANI: Forest officers in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district had to fire shots in the air to drive away a herd of elephants from an 18-month-old calf that sustained spinal injuries after being hit by a train on Sunday. Forest department officers said the elephant calf, which fell into a gorge after the accident, was treated for over three hours by the …