elephant
- Opinions
Pigeons, stray dogs, and an elephant; is defiance correct?
The courts ruled that a female elephant, Mahadevi, which was kept by Swasthishri Jinsen Bhattarak Pattacharya Mahaswami Sanstha, a Jain math in Kolhapur which had kept her since 1992 should be taken…
- India
Maharashtra temple elephant relocated to Vantara; devotees turn emotional
Devotees of Swasthishri Jinsen Bhattarak Pattacharya Mahaswami Sanstha, a religious body in Maharashtra‘s Kolhapur, bid an emotional farewell to their temple elephant, which was shifted to Anant Ambani-owned Vantara in Gujarat’s Jamnagar…
- India
Goods train stopped to enable elephant to deliver calf on track in Jharkhand
Ramgarh: The railways and the Jharkhand forest department came together to protect a pregnant elephant in distress, halting a moving goods train to ensure safe delivery of her calf on a track…
- Hyderabad
Muharram procession in Hyderabad: Permit for Delhi elephant denied
Hyderabad: The Telangana forest department has denied permission to use an elephant from Delhi for the historic Bibi-ka-Alam Muharram procession in Hyderabad. In a statement released on June 6, the principal chief…
- India
3 killed by two wild elephants in Boehari forest in MP’s Shahdol
Shahdol: Two wild elephants killed three persons in separate incidents in Beohari forest range of Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district on Monday, an official said. The jumbos trampled to death Umesh Kol (40)…
- India
King Charles awards Indian charity for elephant conservation research
London: Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla awarded an Indian charity’s elephant conservation efforts at a gala fundraising event in London, organised to celebrate collaborative global efforts to protect the natural…
- India
Elephant brought for temple festival in Kerala gets agitated, damages several vehicles
Kochi: An elephant brought for a temple festival here on Wednesday suddenly became agitated in the evening and damaged several vehicles, police said. The incident occurred around 5 pm near the Edakochi…
- Andhra Pradesh
Three devotees die in elephant attack in Andhra Pradesh
Obulavaripalle: Three devotees died and three others were injured in an elephant attack inside a forest here in Annamayya district in the wee hours of Tuesday, said a police official. “A group…
- Offbeat
Watch: Elephant visits hospital, says goodbye to it’s caretaker
Hyderabad: Animals can form deep connections with humans. While we often see this with pets, wild animals can also show love. A recent video proves this, showing an elephant visiting a hospital…
- India
Watch: Thrissur temple gets life-like mechanical elephant
A life-size mechanical elephant named Kombara Kannan was gifted to Kombara Sreekrishna Swami Temple, Thrissur on Wednesday, February 5. People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), in collaboration with sitarist Anoushka Shankar,…
- Kerala
Video: Distressed Elephant dangles man by foot at Kerala festival
An unfortunate incident occurred in Malappuram district in Kerala when a distressed elephant went berserk amidst a large crowd at an annual festival on the intervening night of January 7-8. In videos…
- Bangalore
Elephant stuck between rail barrier rescued in Karnataka
In the early hours of Sunday, January 5, an elephant got stuck between a barricade in the Veeranahosahalli range of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve in Mysuru, Karnataka. It is assumed that the elephant…
- Middle East
Nepal gifts two elephants to Qatar
Kathmandu: Nepal has decided to gift a pair of male and female elephants to Qatar, the government announced on Sunday. A cabinet meeting on Friday decided to provide the elephants to the…
- Chennai
Temple elephants: Animal activists petition TN govt to end practice
Chennai: Animal protection groups of Tamil Nadu and elsewhere in South India and other parts of country have appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to end the practice of keeping elephants in…
- India
If we save elephants, forests will prosper: Union minister
Raipur: Union minister Bhupender Yadav has said if elephants are saved, the forests will prosper as the tuskers serve to protect them and called for steps to reduce human-elephant conflicts in the…
