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 …
Kandeketiya, a village in Badulla, is constantly fighting the elephant menace that had prevailed for the last 30 years. Residents here say that the fear of being killed by an elephant has overwhelmed them for many years and that they cannot carry on with their livelihood as a result of …
The authors studied the activity patterns and feeding ecology of Asian Elephants Elephas maximus in deciduous and dry thorn forests of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, southern India. Over 20,000 instantaneous scan samplings on elephants revealed that 60% of the daylight hours were devoted to feeding.
Captive Asian elephants Elephas maximus are managed in three systems in Tamil Nadu namely, private, Hindu temples and forest department. The authors studied the population size and structure, natality and mortality during 2003-05 in the three systems to assess their long-term viability.
Whereas, in compliance of the orders of the Hon'ble High Court, Madras dated 03.12.09 in W.P. Nos. 10098/08 and 2762 & 2839/2009, the Government decided that the Elephant Corridor identified by the Expert Committee, constituted in the said Writ Petitions, is the Elephant Corridor in Segur Plateau of Nilgiris District; …
On November 6, 2009 the Madras High Court asked the Tamil Nadu forest department to submit a detailed map demarcating elephant corridors in the Niligiri mountains for conservation. The directions were given while ordering a ban on new constructions in the forest corridors used by about 1,000 elephants. Tribal communities …
JORHAT, Dec 30: Wild elephants destroyed as many as 33 houses of Kankan sapori in Majuli last night. A house was also gutted in fire in the attack. However, no casualty have been reported so far. According to the information, after chasing away the strong herd of wild elephants comprising …
JORHAT, Dec 29: One person was injured at Dabur Sapori after the Forest Department chased the herd of wild elephants away from the Jhanjimukh area across the Brahmaputra last night. Ignorant of the herd
Mumbai Even as the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) issued a notification to zoos and forest departments to transfer captive elephants to sanctuaries or animal reserves, Mumbai
JORHAT, Dec 14: One Sunu Gowala (30) of Baghdhora line under Cinnamora Tea Estate of Jorhat district was killed in a jumbo attack at around 10.30 pm last night. According to the information, the elephant attacked the man while he was coming out from his house along with a number …
R. Ayyappan There are plans to transfer a nine-year-old she elephant called Sreelakshmi from far north of the State in Neeleshwaram to the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre here in Kottur. If this happens, the Forest Department would make history. The elephant will be the first one to be seized by the …
The herd was chased away to nearby Bevanatham forest by farmers KRISHNAGIRI: Farmers in Kelamangalam area, near Denkanikottai, are under the grip of fear over wild elephant menace. Six elephants from reserve forests, near Denkanikottai, entered the nearby fields last week and damaged the crops that were ready for harvest. …
Noted environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar has lashed out at the Forest Department for not wishing to adhere to the guidelines of Central Zoo Authority over the two elephants in the Bondla zoo.
The Orissa forest officials on Monday found a headless tusker at Haldi Kusum in Gumlei jungles under Sambalpur district, nearly 350 km from here. "We suspect that the poachers might have killed the elephant, behead it and left with tusks. We have not been able to confirm whether the jumbo …
JORHAT, Nov 26: Wild elephants went on a rampage at the Jhanjimukh area here recently, destroying fields of paddy and gorging on the sheaves of harvested crops. People of the area near Dhekiakhowa Bornamghar who have been spending sleepless nights were helped by forest guards to chase away the 70-80 …
The southern part of Hojai from Hawaipur to Komrakata Reserve Forest (RF) is prone to the menace of a wild herd of elephants. Every year the herd comes out of Karbi Anglong forests and after crossing river Kopili, which constitutes an elephant corridor, enters Hojai RF in search of fodder, …
Elephants in Parsa Wildlife Reserve have started moving out of the reserve due to the lack of habitat. The elephants started getting displaced due to encroachment upon the reserve by locals and establishment of human settlements along the routes of the elephants
LUCKNOW: Sumit and Jaimala, the jumbo pair at the Lucknow zoo will soon be leaving it. The Central Zoo Authority's circular conveying its latest instructions on elephants "being called back" from zoos reached Lucknow on Thursday. When will Sumit and Jaimala leave has to be worked out by the chief …
A Satish and R Ayyappan ELEPHANTINE CRUELTIES Tuskers made to walk from place to place. Lorries not used to transport them. Made to stand in the hot sun. No thought given to their fatigue and injury. TORTUROUS TALES Kalpathy Kesavan, who succumbed to injuries in Palakkad on November 17, is …
Munia Devi and her son Bholua look forward to the world-famous cattle fair that takes place here every year. They can't afford to buy any animal, but they make a neat packet selling elephant dung. Elephant dung is known as the poor man's mosquito repellant. When burnt, it gives out …
