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 …
Proposal to be sent to govt. soon: Collector KRISHNAGIRI: With the district having a major portion of the reserve forests, an elephant sanctuary can be created here, said T. Senguttuvan, DMK MLA, here on Wednesday. He made this appeal to the district administration at the Wildlife Week Celebrations to which …
Areas bordering Bhutan in Udalguri district now resemble a battle zone amidst an escalating man-elephant conflict, with disturbing consequences for both. A spurt in the conflict has claimed the lives of six elephants this year, with the past one month alone witnessing the death of three elephants. Equally damaging has …
Dumka, Sept. 30: Dumka forest department may have been successful in rescuing tame circus elephants, but has miserably failed to control increasing man-animal conflict in tribal villages. The threat of elephant attacks increase in this time, when farmers harvest their paddy and brew hadiya to celebrate several festivals. Vairabpur village …
This paper documents the status of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), its distribution, movement, migratory routes and other elephant and habitat management related information across the administrative ranges of Kalakkad and Mundunthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in Southern India.
BHUBANESWAR: Since April, at least 17 elephants have died in Orissa, boasting of the largest jumbo population in the eastern region. Their number has risen and so has their misery. In the last 10 years, approximately 400 pachyderms have died in Orissa. The decade also marked an upswing in mineral …
OUR CORRESPONDENT Teesta, the rescued elephant calf, at Jaldapara on Saturday. Picture by Anirban Choudhury Alipurduar, Sept. 27: Forest minister Ananta Roy has said any rescued elephant calf will from now on be handed over to Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary alone for rearing. The minister was at Jaldapara, 60km from here, …
Villagers are fleeing to safety as elephants move into their domain in search of food and fodder---------- Kandhmal is back in the news - but this time around it is not communal riots. The district which caught inter- national attention last year with the killing of VHP leader Swami Laxmanand …
When coordinated efforts are continuing throughout the world, especially in countries known for elephant-rearing, to fight the spread of tuberculosis among the pachyderms, owners of tamed elephants in Kerala are taking strong objection to reports on the disease. Veterinarians specialising in elephant diseases say that the elephant owners, mostly businessmen, …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government will finalise the elephant corridor management plan in the next six months. This was decided at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat here today. The plan will emphasise on saving the elephants and their habitats from the human encroachments …
Scores of elephants statues are to come up in a memorial park here in the Uttar Pradesh capital city at a cost of crores of rupees. But for creation and maintenance of a special elephant reserve, the state government can spare only Rs 50 lakh. The state
Prithviraj Singh | Dehradun A makhna (tuskless bull elephant) was shot dead by poachers at village Dhaluwala of Khanpur forest range in Haridwar on Sunday night. The dead elephant sustained two gunshots to its forehead. A case of wildlife crime against unknown persons was registered by the forest department. The …
PALAKKAD: Union Minister for Railways Mamata Banerjee has informed Forest Minister Benoy Viswom that efforts had been taken by to prevent the death of elephants on railway tracks between Kanjikode and Madukkarai. In a reply to Benoy Viswom
Wild elephants Sunday night destroyed four houses at Amchharimukh, some 20-kilometre away from the district headquarters. Locals said, 12 elephants entered the localities at Amchhari and Rangapani in search of food. They destroyed four thatched and tin-shed houses at Amchharimukh village under Sapchhari union of Sadar upazila. The destroyed houses …
THRISSUR: Two tuskers ran amok and blocked traffic on the NH-47 between Marathakkara, near here, and Chalakkudy for over 2 hours on Sunday. The incident created panic among the passengers who were stuck in various vehicles on the highway. Elephants Mahadevan and Ayyappan, both owned by Uttoli Krishnankutty, ran amok …
PHULBANI: A Herd of wild elephants went on the rampage again yesterday killing three persons and destroying many houses in village Kumbharamunda under Daringibadi police station limits in Kandhamal district. Two prowling elephants entered the village under Kirikuti panchayat and trampled to death Debarani Nayak (60) and her grandson Pravaja …
