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 …
R Ayyappan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Elephants will no longer be showcased in zoo collections across the country. All captive elephants currently lodged in zoos will be shifted with immediate effect to national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and tiger reserves for departmental use. An order to this effect has been sent by the Central …
Hyderabad, Nov. 17: Hyderabadis will miss the elephants in the Nehru Zoological Park as wildlife officials have decided to shift them out to the elephant camp in Chittoor. The Central Zoo Authority member secretary, Dr Rajesh Gopal, has issued orders to the state chief wildlife warden, Mr Hitesh Malhotra, to …
MUMBAI: The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has announced that it will give the 2009 Proggy Award for International Leadership in the Field of Animal Rights to India's Central Zoo Authority (CZA) in recognition of the government organisation's decision to ban the use of elephants in zoos …
Disruption of traditional migratory routes due to rapid industrialisation and infrastructure development is one of the main reasons for the rising number of human-elephant conflicts, say nature conservation division (NCD) officials. According to records with NCD, wild elephants destroyed about 132 acres of land in 2007 alone. The worst recorded …
The residents of Thambarombuwa village in the Kotawehera DS Division of Nikaweratiya are living in constant fear of wild elephants that roam into the human habitats after dusk. A rogue elephant that pulled down the walls of a house gulped down a stock of paddy in the house. The owner …
Pooja Bhatt & Krishna Vyas Ahmedabad: When Ashok and Rupa delivered a calf some two years ago, there was celebration at the Kamala Nehru Zoological Garden at Kankaria. Never had the zoo seen so many visitors, many of them kids, willing to be photographed with the baby elephant, one of …
JORHAT, Nov 12: More than 100-strong herd of wild elephants which has been terrorizing villagers in upper Assam for the last few years is back at the Nimati-Hatisal and Kokilamukh areas along the Brahmaputra here. Villagers, apprehensive of the herd ravaging the ripe paddy, are keeping a night long vigil …
Mumbai The Central Zoo Authority on Thursday said it has issued notices to zoos and state wildlife departments across India to relocate captive elephants to sanctuaries, camps or animal reserves. However, the state wildlife warden and Mumbai zoo officials have said they are still awaiting the notice.
New Delhi: The city zoo will soon be bidding farewell to its three elephants. In fact, elephants will no longer be seen in any zoo or circus in the country after the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) issued a notice on Monday to the effect that all of these animals in …
THE Madras High Court has directed the State government to ensure that no illegal construction was made in the area shown as elephant corridor in Mudhumalai area in Nilgiris district. A division bench comprising justices S J Mukhopadhaya and M Duraiswamy gave the direction on November 4 while passing further …
Ignatius Pereira KOLLAM: Captive elephants bought at the ongoing Sonepur mela in Bihar will not be permitted to enter Kerala. The Kerala Forest Department has been put on alert following an intelligence report that 20 elephant owners from the State are visiting Sonepur. Kerala
Sivadas Varma KOCHI: Kerala boasts of colourful festivals and poorams, but the other side of this visual feast is quite tragic. Tuskers face unbearable cruelty from Keralites who consider them moneymaking machines, said writer-turned-elephantspecialist, Madambu Kunjukuttan. He was delivering a speech on
BHUBANESHWAR: The existing corridors between elephant habitats of the State degrading, the Wildlife Wing has identified 15 stretches - both old as well as new - for its management plan. The State Government had recently announced an elephant management plan for conservation of the large animals and protection of their …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala and Bihar Forest Departments have decided to join hands to prevent the inter-state smuggling of elephants. During the last many years, the elephant mafia in the State had been sourcing their elephants from the Sonepur Animal Fair held in Bihar during the first week of November. State …
Statistically the death rate of wild elephants due to the human-elephant conflict increased this year when compared to the previous year. Director General of the Wildlife Conservation Department Ananda Weerasuriya said 160 deaths were reported last year and this increased to 170 elephants for the last nine months of the …
Oct. 14: A three-year-old boy sustained minor injuries when he accidentally fell between the hind legs of an elephant at Dwarakatirumala temple in West Godavari at about 12.05 pm on Wednesday. According to police, the boy, G. Kushwanth, arrived at the temple along with his parents. His parents were watching …
Three major reasons for elephant invasion in tea gardens of the Dooars have been identified and two committees have been formed to find solutions to the problem. A meeting attended by forest officers and estate managers at Rajabhatkhawa on Saturday discussed the elephant menace and decided to form eco clubs …
The African elephant's misfortune has been its teeth, in particular the well developed pair of upper incisors known as tusks for which it is being killed in large numbers. The visible ivory part of the tusks is made up of dentine with an outer layer of enamel, and when viewed …
