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- India
India lost 200 elephants in train accidents in 10 years: Wildlife SOS
Mumbai: Ahead of World Elephant Day on August 12, the Wildlife SOS said that India lost at least 200 elephants in train collisions between 201-2020, or on average, 20 pachyderms run or…
- Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka agrees to send 8 Kumki elephants to Andhra Pradesh
Amaravati: The Karnataka government has agreed to send eight Kumki elephants to Andhra Pradesh to mitigate man-elephant conflict in parts of the state. The Karnataka Forest Department will send the trained Kumki…
- Hyderabad
PETA demands action over ‘false’ health report of elephant Roopavathi
Hyderabad: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India called for the revocation of the veterinary licenses of those who issued health certificates to permit the transportation of elephant Roopavathi from…
- Hyderabad
Ahead of Bibi ka Alam procession, elephant Roopvathi arrives in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Roopvathi, the elephant which will be used for the procession of Bibi Ka Alam and subsequently Bonalu festivities reached Hyderabad in the early hours of Sunday, July 14. A video of…
- Hyderabad
Elephant Rupavathi to reach Hyderabad for Muharam, Bonalu processions
Hyderabad: Riyaz ul Hassan Effandi, MLC AIMIM party said the medical examination of the elephant as asked by the Ministry of Forest was done on Saturday and the high power committee constituted…
- Hyderabad
Karnataka elephant to join Bibi ka Alam procession in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Karnataka’s elephant, Rupavathi, will be transported to Hyderabad for the Bibi ka Alam procession on July 17. This decision comes after Karnataka Forest officials agreed to the request following an appeal…
- Bangalore
Karnataka denies Andhra’s request for supply of elephants
Bengaluru: In a recent development, Karnataka’s Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre has declined a request from the Andhra Pradesh government to supply elephants for the state’s forest departments. The decision comes amid growing concerns…
- Chennai
TN government committee identifies 42 elephant corridors in state
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government’s Elephant Corridor Committee has identified 42 elephant corridors in the state. The estimate by the committee, headed by Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Wildlife, V. Naganathan…
- India
Wild elephant kills auto driver in Kerala
Idukki: A 44 year-old man was killed on Monday night by a stray wild elephant near here, in yet another instance of man-animal conflict in Kerala. The incident happened in Kannimala estate…
- Top Stories
Video: AP tourist escapes Elephant attack in Bandipur National Park; fined 25K
Hyderabad: Bandipur Forest Department has levied a fine of Rs 25,000, each, on Andhra Pradesh tourists who exited their vehicles and endangered their lives while on a tour in the Bandipur National…
- Andhra Pradesh
Video: Elephant spotted roaming in Andhra railway station, villagers in panic
Parvathipuram: A lone elephant was spotted wandering in Parvathipuram railway station in the wee hours of Sunday. Sources said that commuters saw the elephant wandering in the railway station and also took…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Elephant gets electrocuted as it topples power transmission pole
Chittoor: A 16-year-old female elephant was electrocuted when it toppled a power transmission pole at Nallagandlapalli village in Chittoor district in the early hours of Sunday, a forest official said. The incident…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: ‘Elephant numbers in state up by 350’, says minister
Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology Eshwar B. Khandre on Wednesday said that the number of elephants in the state has gone up by 350. A census was conducted as…
- India
Bomman, Bellie send legal notice asking for Rs 2 cr from Elephant Whisperers’ director
Bengaluru: In a legal notice issued by Bomman and Bellie, the mahout couple made famous by the Oscar-winning documentary The Elephant Whisperers’, is seeking a goodwill gesture’ of Rs 2 crore from…
- India
‘The Elephant Whisperers’: Mahouts Booman, Bellie raise exploitation issue
Chennai: A fresh controversy has cropped up around the celebrated Oscar winning documentary, ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ with the mahout couple Bomman and Bellie alleging that they were exploited by the documentary makers.…
