Victims of tusker rampage get relief
BHADRAPUR: As many as 66 people victimised by elephant rampage in Jhapa district this year were provided with compensation of Rs...
View ArticleFarmer mauled by jumbo; 6th death due to man-animal conflict this year
COIMBATORE: In the sixth incident of death by elephant attack, since April this year, a 34-year-old farmer was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Mungilmadai Kuttai coming under the Boluvampatti...
View ArticleKerala launches ambulance service for elephants
WAYANAD (KERALA): In a first of its kind, the Kerala forest department has launched an ambulance service to transport sick and injured elephants. A brand new lorry has been acquired with...
View ArticleOne killed as elephants overrun Bengal village
Kolkata, Nov 6 (IANS) A herd of wild elephants overran a village in West Bengal's Burdwan district, killing one man and injuring two others including his wife, villagers said on Friday. "The elephants...
View ArticleAssam villagers shift to give way to jumbos
Tribal villagers in Assam have voluntarily shifted their settlement from a major elephant corridor. Eighteen families of Ram Terang village in...
View ArticleTrained elephants used to control forest fires in Riau
Officials in Riau are using trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to help patrol forests and control fires. For nearly three months, Riau province in East Sumatra has been blanketed by...
View ArticleMan trampled to death in Jorhat elephant attack
A man was killed and five others were seriously injured by a herd of wild elephants at Jhanjimukh area in Assam's Jorhat district, a police officer said. ......
View ArticleBengal policeman dies after clash with gamblers
Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) A police sub-inspector died in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district following a clash with gamblers, police said on Wednesday, following...
View ArticleIndonesia uses trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to...
SIAK, Indonesia -- Forest fires difficult to control? Call in the pachyderm patrol. Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to help control fires that...
View ArticleIndonesia uses trained elephants to control forest fires
SIAK, Indonesia (AP) -- Forest fires difficult to control? Call in the pachyderm patrol. Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to help control fires...
View ArticleOdisha ‘chases back’ jumbo herd
MIDNAPORE: The herd of about 45 Dalma elephants that entered Odisha on Friday returned to West Midnapore's Nayagram early on Saturday with Bengal foresters crying foul that the pachyderms had been...
View ArticleFive held with tusk, rhino horn worth lakhs in Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 10 (IANS) Five people have been arrested in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district after elephant tusk and rhino horn worth over Rs.30 lakh were recovered from them, an official said on...
View ArticleElephants keep forest officials on their toes
Eleven tuskers, who have been gorging on a buffet of cultivated crop in Nelamangala, have kept forest officials on their toes for over a month. While the department is attempting to drive the elephants...
View ArticleElephant dies as conflict with humans intensifies
Violent conflict between humans and elephants has continued to spread in Aceh after dozens of elephants invaded a residential area in East Aceh regency and occupied the oil palm plantations of local...
View ArticleTiger charges at villagers trying to click pictures, one injured
Bengaluru: A group of villagers who went close to a tiger to click pictures had to run for their lives when the angry cat chased them and critically injured a person. The incident occurred outside...
View ArticleElephants trample woman to death in Meghalaya
SHILLONG: A Garo tribal woman was trampled to death by wild elephants in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district, an official said...
View ArticleElephants run amok, kill three
BANKURA/SURI: Three persons, two in Bankura district and one near Suri, were killed by elephants straying into villages on Sunday. For the past few days, a herd of eight elephants have reportedly...
View ArticleElephant menace: Villagers block road
JORHAT: Hundreds of villagers blocked NH-37 at Kakojan in Jorhat district on Thursday in protest against the forest...
View ArticleAnother first for Assam, now a mobile clinic for elephants
Morigaon (Assam), Nov. 14 (ANI): A mobile clinic for elephants was launched in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Morigaon district in Assam today. The clinic will be treating both elephants in the...
View ArticlePolice kill 3 innocent villagers during anti-Maoist operation
Three innocent villagers were killed and two others sustained serious injuries when security persons engaged in anti-Maoist operations opened fire suspecting them to be Maoists inside Karlapat forest...
View Article3 villagers killed in SOG-Maoist clash
Bhawanipatna: Three people were killed and two injured in a crossfire between security forces and Maoists in Jugsaipatna reserve forest of Karlapat wildlife sanctuary in Kalahandi district on Sunday....
View ArticleOdisha: Police kill 3 villagers, SP claims Maoist link
Three tribals of Kalahandi, out in the forest to herd goats, were allegedly shot dead and two minor boys injured by anti-Maoist police force Special Opertion Group in a reserve forest in Kalahandi...
View ArticleMarauding elephants force tribals to reside atop trees
Balasore: Hundreds of tribal families in Bijatala block of Mayurbhanj district have left their homes for "safer" - read higher - places as a herd of wild elephants have been wreaking havoc in the area,...
View ArticleJumbo herd kills man in Sundargarh
ROURKELA: A 50-year-old man was trampled to death by an elephant herd near Rio village under Kuanrmunda forest range in Sundargarh district late on Monday. The...
View ArticleCPI-M's Bengal lawmaker joins Trinamool
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) In a jolt to West Bengal's opposition CPI-M, its legislator Nabin Chandra Bag on Thursday...
View ArticleElephant found dead after suspected pesticide poisoning
A six-year-old male elephant was found dead on a block of farmland in Pucok Turue village in Mane district, Pidie, Aceh, on Wednesday, allegedly due to poisoning from eating pesticide stored by a...
View ArticleMidnapore: Villagers demand money to drive out elephants
MIDNAPORE: The forest department on Thursday gave in to demands of some 200 residents of Bechua village, promising to pay each of them a day's wage to chase a herd of Dalma elephants from the adjoining...
View ArticleEx-MP injured after attack in Bengal
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) Former CPI-M MP Ram Chandra Dome along with several party activists was injured after their protest march was attacked in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Saturday. The march...
View ArticleCholanaikars vote braving rain, wild elephants
: Adivasis belonging to the Cholanaiker tribe polled their vote at a booth at Nedunkayam, braving incessant rain and the threat of...
View ArticleWill China come to investment-starved Bengal's rescue?
Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS) After hunting for investments in a rather futile way in Singapore and Britain, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appears to have taken some interest in looking for money...
View ArticleCPI-M legislator, ex-MP injured in Bengal attacks
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) A former CPI-M parliamentarian and a sitting legislator were injured in attacks, while a former party lawmaker was made to hold his ears and promise that he would quit the...
View ArticleElephant herd chased away into forest
A herd of wild elephants that strayed into human habitations from the reserve forests near Hosur three days ago were driven back into the forests in the early hours of Friday. The herd of...
View ArticleElephant patrol to bring forest fires under control
Forest fires difficult to control? Call in the pachyderm patrol. Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to help control fires that have claimed vast...
View ArticleTusker run over by goods train in West Bengal
A tusker was killed after it was hit by a goods train in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district at the early hours of Sunday between Madarihat...
View ArticleTwo rescued elephants travel in India’s first customized ambulance for jumbos
Agra: After spending decades in a circus, elephants Mia and Sita were rescued by an animal welfare group on Sunday, and are now travelling to a conservation centre on board India's first modern...
View ArticleTusker knocked down by goods train in Bengal
A tusker was killed after being hit by a goods train in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district. The incident occurred at 2.33 a.m. on Sunday between...
View ArticleElephant mowed down by train near New Jalpaiguri
JALPAIGURI: An elephant was killed in the wee hours on Sunday on the railway track between New Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar Junction when it was hit by a Guwahati-bound goods train. The incident happened...
View ArticleTwo elephants electrocuted in Odisha’s Subarnapur district
Two elephants were electrocuted in Odisha’s Subarnapur district on Sunday. The incident took place in Tithipali reserve forest where someone charged solar fencing with electric current. Two female...
View ArticleBatting for elephant protection
Does the onus of protecting elephants from being victims of captivity fall solely on the forest authorities, or does it lie on the eager tourist paying to see the caged jumbos? A collective...
View ArticleIndo-Bangla work on free jumbo route
GUWAHATI: Human migration may remain a contentious issue between India and Bangladesh, but not elephants. The two countries are working with their respective external affairs and home affairs...
View ArticleSumatran elephants being harrassed in Aceh
Krueng Peusangan, which literally means Peusangan River, a major watershed zone stretching from Central Aceh, Bener Meriah to Biruen regencies, Aceh, constitutes the habitat of Sumatran elephants, but...
View ArticleIndia's first Elephant ambulance bringing Mia and Sita, the female jumbos...
AGRA: After spending decades in the circus, Mia and Sita were rescued by wildlife SOS under their circus elephant rescue mission, coordinated by union government, on Sunday. The two female jumbos are...
View ArticleTaliban Overruns Northeastern Afghan District
Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD— Afghan officials and insurgent sources say the Taliban has captured a remote district in the northeastern province of Badakhshan. This is the second time during this year’s fighting...
View ArticleTiger killed outside Bandipur Reserve
Bengaluru: Two days after a tiger attacked and killed a villager outside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR), the combing team shot the tiger when it tried to attack a forester on Thursday. The deceased...
View Article350 deaths a year, thousands of hectares damaged in man-elephant conflict
BAREILLY: For the first time ever, the extent of crop and property damage as well as human casualties due to man-elephant conflict has been compiled by a senior wildlife expert, who estimates that at...
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