Order of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Sangita Iyer Vs Guruvayur Devasom & Others dated 17/02/2025. The Kerala High Court directed the Deputy Administrator (Livestock) of Guruvayoor Devaswom to file a detailed affidavit explaining the procedures being followed in Guruvayur Devaswom for booking and transporting elephants …
P. Oppili The mahouts are tribals born in Kozhikamuthi in Topslip, Pollachi, where an elephant training camp is functioning As kids: The mahouts' family taking the calves for a walk inside the enclosure at the Vandalur zoo on Wednesday. CHENNAI: Sharon, a 14-month-old orphaned elephant calf, quietly walks behind four-year-old …
Mumbai Laxmi, the elephant that killed a trespasser in the Byculla zoo, and her companion Anarkali are now free of their chains, calm as ever, playful with their mahout, and seemingly unmindful of the visitors whose numbers have multiplied since her uncharacteristic behaviour 10 days ago Laxmi, 53, and Anarkali, …
Salt bribe to keep tuskers at bay - Rehydration mission in Dalma, Dhalbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan to help elephants beat the heat Salt slabs hanging from trees is a common sight in Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary and the forests of Dhalbhum and Seraikela-Kharsawan these days. With the onset of summer, foresters have …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: A four-month-old elephant calf, which was abandoned by its mother and rescued two months ago, died of continued diarrhoea and dysentery at the Alipore Zoological Gardens here in the early hours of Friday. The calf, separated from its herd when it was less than two months old, …
The Rajasthan April 1: The Rajasthan high court has banned the use of iron goads to control elephants and issued guidelines in this regard. The court ruled that if any elephant owner is found violating the guidelines, his/her ownership certificate will be cancelled. The court passed this judgement while hearing …
A tigress died of old age at the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens in Mysore in the wee hours of Wednesday. The body of the tigress, Vijaya. dh photoThe 20-year-old tigress, Vijaya, was one of the oldest members of the zoo. She had stopped eating for the last one and a …
The elephant was found roaming along the reserve forest at Odanthurai The pachyderm was suffering with a swollen injured leg Coimbatore: The forest officials have begun an effort to bring a 10-year-old wild elephant found roaming along the reserve forest at Odanthurai with a swollen injured leg. Following information, the …
Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association moves to new location Save fauna:The Nilgiris Collector Archana Patnaik releasing labels with pictures of wild animals and birds in Udhagamandalam on Wednesday Udhagamandalam: With a promise by the district administration that steps would be taken to espouse the cause of the environment, the 133-year-old …
Nimal Wijesinghe Anuradhapura Additional District group corr. The Wildlife Conservation Department has reinforced remedial measures to minimise human-elephant conflict which is on the increase. Special attention has been focused to strengthen existing electrified fences and create a number of protective fences. North Western Wildlife Conservation Zone, Conservation Officer S.A. Sarath …
MUMBAI: Animal experts have stated that continuously teasing zoo animals, especially large animals like elephants, and trespassing into their territories are the main provocations that cause the animals to react, sometimes fatally. The secretary of the Bombay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA), Lt Colonel (Retd) J …
MANOJ ANAND GUWAHATI The team uses solar power electric fencing, spotlights and chilli to keep elephants away from crops, homes In view of the growing incidents of manelephant conflict, the UKbased conservationists from Chester Zoo and Eco Systems-India have been awarded a second Darwin Initiative grant to help their elephant …
The Tamar forest has long provided passage to elephants migrating from Chhattisgarh to West Bengal and Orissa via Jharkhand. A glance at the paddy fields that exist alongside the path and it is hard to imagine that underneath are buried two female elephants, electrocuted at that very spot. The presence …
Against the backdrop of frequent man-elephant conflicts in certain villages in Assam, a project aimed at securing man's peaceful coexistence with the animal has won international laurels. 'Assam Haathi Project', a collaborative conservation project launched jointly by UK-based Chester Zoo and EcoSystems India to bring down such incidents, has been …
ALAPPUZHA: Despite the directives of the Kerala High Court and the State Government on the proper care of captive elephants, elephant owners and Devaswom Board authorities here are neglecting them. This came to light during a survey conducted by the Forest Department led by Assistant Conservator of Forests Raju Francis. …
On february 8, shops in Masinagudi town of Tamil Nadu were closed. People in the town were expressing their solidarity with farmers in the area who are protesting their exclusion from public consultations held by the forest department on that day for demarcating elephant corridors in the Nilgiris that pass …
Tanzania and Zambia are petitioning the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to "downlist" the conservation status of their elephants to allow sale of stockpiled ivory. But just 2 years after CITES placed a 9-year moratorium on future ivory sales, elephant poaching is on the rise. The petitioning …
Twenty-nine elephants have been killed after being knocked down by trains across the country since 2007, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Replying to a query in Lok Sabha, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said the matter of jumbo deaths has been taken with the Railways Ministry and the respective state …
Hyderabad, March 9: Forest officials are under extreme pressure from political leaders who want to lift the ban on hiring of captive elephants for processions. The Nehru Zoological Park officials had turned down the request of the Secunderabad MP, Mr Anjan Kumar Yadav, to make use of elephants in a …
Sushanta Talukdar Loving care: The elephant calf that was born after its mother was hit by a train is being cared for in the Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of Guwahati on Sunday. Guwahati: A male wild elephant was killed after it was knocked down by a freight …
