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- India
‘Arikomban’ will not be released in forest as activist moves Madras HC
Chennai: The rogue elephant ‘Arikomban’ which was tranquilised and captured by the Tamil Nadu forest department will not be released in the deep forest as a Keralite animal rights activist has filed a…
- India
Stalin announces Rs 5 lakh for family of person killed by rogue elephant
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the family of Paulraj who died in the attack by rogue elephant ‘Arikomban’ in the…
- India
TN: 300-member team to capture rogue tusker ‘Arikomban’
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu forest department has deployed 300 personnel and three ‘kumki’ elephants to capture the rogue elephant relocated from Chinnakanal in the Idukki district of Kerala. The elephant had reached…
- India
TN YouTuber held for flying drone disturbing rogue elephant ‘Arikomban’
Chennai: The Cumbum Police have arrested a YouTuber for flying drone leading to the disturbance of the rogue elephant, ‘Arikomban’ that was relocated from Chinnakanal in the Idukki district of Kerala. Police…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: 2 persons killed by tuskers, 4 elephants electrocuted, in separate incidents
Kuppam: Two persons were killed by tuskers at Kuppam in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district on Friday, while in another incident four elephants got electrocuted at Katragadda village in Parvathipuram Manyam district. At…
- India
SC junks Kerala’s plea against translocation of rogue elephant to tiger reserve
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a Kerala government plea challenging the state high court order asking it to translocate a rogue elephant to the Parambikulam tiger reserve…
- Kerala
Unhappy with Kerala HC order on wild tusker, protesters in Idukki block traffic
Kochi: Angry protesters, including children and women, from 10 villages in the hilly district of Idukki on Thursday are out on the streets, blocking traffic on the Kochi-Dhanushkodi highway. This highway passes…
- India
Karnataka: Forest watcher dies in wild elephant attack
Mysuru: A forest watcher has been killed in Karnataka’s Mysuru district after he was attacked by a wild elephant while he was on patrolling duty, an official said on Saturday. The incident…
- India
In a first, Kerala temple inducts mechanical elephant for ritual duties
Thiruvananthapuram: Following up on its pledge to never keep or hire live elephants or any other animals, the Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple in Kerala’s Thrissur district has become the first in the…
- India
Amid outrage among locals, TN forest dept chasing away wild elephant into deep forests
Chennai: After strong protests by the people in the Gudalur area in Nilgiris district, the Tamil Nadu forest department is chasing away a tuskless male elephant, also knwon as ‘Makhna’, into the…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Elephant dies of electrocution in Chittoor
Chittoor: An elephant died of electrocution after coming in contact with an electric transformer in a forest area in Chittoor district. The incident occurred on Friday in Mogilivari Palli-Kunta Bella forest area…
- India
Puducherry temple elephant ‘Lakshmi’ collapses on road, dies
Puducherry: A 32-year-old female elephant of Sri Manakula Vinagayar temple collapsed on the road and died on Wednesday. Two mahouts were accompanying the elephant when it went out in the morning. Temple…
- World
Sri Lanka to conduct elephant census in 2023
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation Ministry has decided to conduct a new countrywide census on the elephant population in 2023, Parliament’s media unit said in a statement on Friday.…
- Andhra Pradesh
Watch: Elephant falls into a well in AP, rescued by forest officials
Hyderabad: Forest officials on Tuesday successfully rescued a young elephant using a JCB (bulldozer). The animal fell into a farm well late Monday night near Gandlapali village in Bangarupalem Mandal of Chittoor…
- India
MP: Angry elephant kills mahout for not feeding bananas
Seoni: A female elephant slammed and trampled the mahout to death in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district after he didn’t feed her bananas, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred at Rahiwada village…
