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 …
BERHAMPUR: Decomposed body of a wild elephant was recovered on Thursday near Sanamundia hill of Dimiria panchayat under Khallikote forest range in Ganjam district. As per initial findings it was suspected that the pachyderm had fallen prey to a trap laid by poachers to kill wild boars. It was electrocuted …
Mysore, dhns: Despite spending Rs 50 lakh to put up solar fence at Sollepura hamlet and other selected cluster villages to check the menace of wild elephants, it seem to be not working, for none has experienced a shock. Although it is
Mysore, dhns: The forest officials of Mysore Division seized three elephants belonging to a circus company in the city on Tuesday. Following complaints by two NGOs about the poor upkeep of the pachyderms at the Great Bombay Circus Company, the officials seized the jumbos and sent to Bannerghatta Biological Park …
Rehab centres for burnt-out tuskers Neha Sinha Posted: Oct 27, 2008 at 2334 hrs IST NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 26 : In a first-of-its-kind move, Project Elephant has released funds for setting up rescue and rehabilitation centres across the country to accommodate ill or ageing working elephants. There are an estimated …
Members of PETA recreate a scene outside Rail Bhawan in New Delhi to highlight how elephants are killed in rail accidents. Expressing concern over elephants being killed in train accidents across the country, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Thursday used a dummy elephant to recreate a …
Climate change in Africa is expected to lead to a higher occurrence of severe droughts in semi-arid and arid ecosystems. Understanding how animal populations react to such events is thus crucial for addressing future challenges for wildlife management and conservation. We explored how gender, age, mother's experience and family group …
By YOJNA GUSAI Oct. 18: Indian elephants are under threat once again. This time these endangered species are in trouble following a contentious decision by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites). Cites has given permission to Japan and China to auction nearly 108 tonnes of stockpiled ivory …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Elephant owners in the State have been given a temporary reprieve. The Forest Department, through a recent Government Order, has extended the last date for the implant of microchips in captive elephants to November 15. The original deadline had expired on June 30. Till then, as many as 675 …
PALAKKAD: The government has decided to raise the compensation to the dependants of the people killed in attacks by wild elephants from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh, according to Forest Minister Benoy Viswom. The Minister said this while speaking to mediapersons at Olavakkode on Friday. Ganja plantat ions The …
BY AMIT S. UPADHYE Oct. 1: It had all the elements of human drama - courage, ingenuity, grit and imagination. Except, in this case, in a scene straight out of Jungle Book, a herd of elephants came to the rescue of a calf that fell into a well at Bannerghatta …
Human-elephant conflict in Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent areas was studied based on observational methods during the year 1993 to 1996 as a part of project studying the large mammals in the sanctuary. Major animals engaged in crop damage were wild boar and elephant. The animals involved in crop damage …
NALBARI, Sept 30: People of Indo-Bhutan area in Baksa district have to spend sleepless night because of elephant menace since a few days. According to the local residents, a number of wild elephants came down from the dense forest of Into-Bhutan area, in search of crops, as a result of …
DONKAMOKAM, Sept 19: Khom Sangma (65), of village Wakanta group nine kilometres away from Donkamokam died after he was attacked by wild elephants. The victim was at his farm house at Borbil of Nagaon district looking after paddy, on that night. It was learnt that two days back, a group …
By Sanjay Gubbi When a leopard strays, if the crowd is dispersed, the animal escapes and causes no harm to anyone. Newspapers yesterday were filled with the story of a leopard killed by police and mob at Mysore. In terms of column space it overtook the fall of major financial …
Salvaged: A kumki elephant helping the wild elephant at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve near Udhagamandalam on Tuesday. Udhagamandalam: A male elephant which was struggling to get out of a mud pit was rescued by a forest team headed by the Tiger Reserve veterinarian Kalaivanan at Ombetta, a part of Kargudi …
A proposed observatory in Nilgiri forests threatens to disturb wildlife movement In early 2000, a team of scientists gathered at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in Kolkata and decided to revive research on neutrinos, tiny elemental particles that can pass through almost all matter unhindered. A flurry of meetings …
