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 …
Anti-mining stir leads to a row, death and persecution ON THE morning of March 19, people of Kalane village in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra were roused by the sound of heavy machinery. Workers hired by mining company Minerals and Metals were building a road at 4 am leading up to …
Alipurduar: Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary will send two sub-adult elephants to the Alipore Zoo in Calcutta in exchange for two adult ones. All the animals to be swapped are females and they will have different roles to play in their new habitats. While the sub-adults will be entertaining the visitors at …
A Kenyan and a Tanzanian pleaded guilty on Monday to illegal possession of ivory after being caught with hundreds of kilos of elephant tusks in one of east Africa's biggest seizures for years. The two men were driving a car loaded with 512 kg (1,129 lbs) of tusks when they …
Forest elephants in Cameroon and the Congo Basin could be extinct within 10 years without measures to fight the illegal ivory trade and curb habitat loss, a WWF official said in an interview. During the last 40 years, environmentalists estimate the forest elephant population has fallen 75 percent, standing at …
Jamshedpur: A small herd of eight elephants went berserk, devoured foodgrain meant for midday meal and caused extensive damage to at least five houses in the Ichagarh and Chandil blocks of adjoining Seraikela- Kharsawan district late on Saturday night. Forest department officials said the tuskers had crossed over from the …
Shillong: Meghalaya Forest Department on Sunday blamed the depletion of forest cover for the increasing man-elephant conflict in the state and in Garo and Khasi hill regions of the bordering Assam. At least 15 people have been killed by marauding elephants in the State alone in the last five years. …
A man and his two nieces were trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants at Lechhuaprang village of Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar yesterday. The deceased were identified as Fazal Ahmed, 20, Laila Begum, 10, and Kohinoor Begum, 10. Police and witnesses said the three went to the …
A man and his two nieces were trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants at Lechhuaprang village of Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar yesterday. The deceased were identified as Fazal Ahmed, 20, Laila Begum, 10, and Kohinoor Begum, 10. Police and witnesses said the three went to the …
Wild elephants infiltrating from Lunugamvehera National Park to Kataragama area is frequently resulting in human-elephant conflicts. The Lunugamvehera National Park authorities say this is due to damaged section of the electricity fence at Wilamba Wewa area where there is a conflict between the authorities and farmers over a tank a …
Wild elephants infiltrating from Lunugamvehera National Park to Kataragama area is frequently resulting in human-elephant conflicts. The Lunugamvehera National Park authorities say this is due to damaged section of the electricity fence at Wilamba Wewa area where there is a conflict between the authorities and farmers over a tank a …
Wild life officials are on the trail of two Civil Defence personnel in connection with the death of a pregnant elephant in Mahakachchakodiya in Vavuniya. The officials have sought assistance of the police to apprehend the two absconding home guards who have allegedly caused the death of the elephant by …
The tusker is suspected to have killed 7 elephants in the Periyar Tiger Reserve P. Venugopal THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Wildlife officials tracking a tusker in musth, suspected to be the killer of seven wild elephants in Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) in the recent weeks, report that the animal is no longer violent. …
A man was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants at Hazachhara village in Barkal upazila early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 30, son of Md Barek of the village. Police and locals said around eight elephants also destroyed two tin-shed houses and a banana …
P.Oppili in safe hands: The rescued elephant calf at the Vandalur Zoo in Chennai on Friday. CHENNAI: A four-month-old male elephant calf, abandoned by an elephant herd, was rescued by Forest Department officials in Erode last week. The calf was brought to the Vandalur Zoo for rehabilitation on Friday. According …
New Delhi: Elephants might be a cause for serious concern for elections in Meghalaya, but the huge animal has created elephantine problem in neighbouring Assam and Sikkim for the Asom Gana Prarishad and Sikkim Sangram Praishad, quite symbolically. Renowned NGO PETA, has complained to the Election Commissions for parties like …
