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 …
KAZIRANGA (DERGAON), Feb 9 - 7th Kaziranga Elephant Festival got under way with a four-day long programme at Kaziranga National Park (KNP) from today. Kaliabor MP Deep Gogoi formaly inaugurated the SHG mela at Kahara this afternoon. More than 150 SHGs participated in the mela. Bokakhat MLA Jiten Gogoi opened …
Biswajeet Banerjee | Dudhwa On May 31, 2003 at around 7.35 pm, the 191 up Gonda Mailani passenger train ran over an elephant herd near Suheli river railway bridge killing three jumbos. The report suggested that the elephant herd was moving on the left footpath of the Dudhwa-Pallia railway track. …
The 7th Kaziranga Elephant Festival is scheduled to begin from February 9 at Kohora Mihimukh and Kaziranga National Park High School. The opening ceremony of the festival will be inaugurated by Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi. However, the main gate of the elephant festival was inaugurated on January 28 by Deep …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Forest, Revenue and SC/ST Departments will work jointly to solve the rehabilitation of tribal people in Chinnakkanal. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held here on Thursday, chaired by Forests and Housing Minister Binoy Viswam and attended by Revenue Minister K.P.Rajendran and SC/ST Minister A.K.Balan. A …
Jamshedpur, Feb. 4: A tusker from Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary has wreaked havoc in the villages of Kandra and Chowka in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district. The elephant got separated from a herd of five and damaged five houses and injured one person. According to forest department officials, the herd from Dalma …
Mumbai: The drive to capture wild elephants from the forest in Sawantvadi has once again hit a road block following opposition from people from Dodamarg. The state forest department officials, with the help of experts from Assam, captured a wild elephant near Sawantvadi on January 28. Though the officials tranquilised …
Coimbatore: All resources within the command of the official machinery will be put to the best use to mitigate the man-animal conflict, said R. Kannan, Conservator of Forests, Coimbatore Circle, here on Thursday. He was speaking at a stakeholders
GURUVAYUR/THRISSUR: The Subbordinate Legislative Committee on captive elephants conducted a spot study on the elephants at the Punnathur Anakkotta here on Wednesday, where the elephants are sheltered. The committee, comprising MLAs Jose Thettayil, Simon Britto, Thomas Unniyadan and Murali Perunelli, conducted the study. The committee will submit a report on …
A number of projects would be undertaken to save the lives of both elephants and human beings along with property, Wildlife Department Assistant Director and In-charge of the North Western Wildlife Zone Manjula Amararathna said. Elephants, a rich heritage of Sri Lanka These projects are implemented following the motto of …
The elephant population which was only 1,967 in 1993 has increased up to 5,350 in 2008, Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said. Participating in the Fauna and Flora Protection (Amendment) Bill debate which was passed in Parliament yesterday, Minister Ranawaka said the Government has taken a number …
KUMUD JENAMANI Jamshedpur, Jan. 18: A migratory herd of tuskers from the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary have been pushed back halfway from the bordering Purulia district of Bengal. Forest officials engaged a hulla party to chase away the herd after a tusker allegedly trampled a villager and damaged vast swathes of …
Can we imagine a world without elephants? A world without this magnificent animal will indeed be a dull place. Yet, Asia, including Sri Lanka, faces the grim scenario of the ultimate extinction of the Asian elephant. The cause? The much-talked about human-elephant conflict. The story is all too familiar. All …
Irangika RANGE A Wildlife Conservation Department survey has revealed that 2,241 elephants have died as a result of shooting, unknown reasons, electrocution, poisoning, accidents and natural and other causes from 1990 to 2007. The current elephant population is estimated at 3,500-4,000 and a gradual increase has been witnessed in Mahaweli …
For the first time, the mighty Indian elephant will give the Republic Day parade a miss after they showed tendencies of going berserk at the national parade last year. Elephants that have been traditionally used to carry children conferred with bravery awards, will give way to military jeeps after last …
Sathyamangalam Forest Division takes steps to reduce threat from elephants Preventive measure: Solar fencing in Sathyamangalam Forest Division has considerably brought down conflict between humans and animals in the region.
Temples have a long history and tradition of keeping elephants. Some temples keep elephants as they have a significance associated with a specific deity. However, the actual time when temples started associating themselves with elephants is not very clear. Interestingly, the actual reasons for which elephants are kept in temples …
