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- 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…
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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.…
- India
Rogue elephant ‘Arikomban’ healthy, says TN forest minister
Chennai: Tamil Nadu forest minister Dr. M. Mathiventhan, who is also a medical doctor, said that the rogue elephant, ‘Arikomban’ which was relocated to the forest in Tirunelveli, was healthy and had…
- India
Elephant tramples Jharkhand woman to death
Jamshedpur: A woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district on Saturday, police said. The 43-year-old woman identified as Prabhati Kar had gone to relieve herself…
- Andhra Pradesh
Elephants enter Andhra village, drink water from buckets, container
Parvathipuram: A herd of seven elephants entered Pujariguda village in Parvathipuram district of Andhra Pradesh for drinking water and some of them quenched their thirst through water kept in buckets and a…
- India
Child dies in elephant attack, 50 houses damaged in Assam’s Golaghat
Guwahati: An 8-year-old child was killed and his parents injured in an attack by wild elephants in Assam’s Golaghat district, officials said, adding that around 50 houses were damaged. According to a…
- India
Tusker ‘Arikomban’ spotted near Kodayar dam in TN
Chennai: Rogue tusker ‘Arikomban’ which was tranquilised and captured from Cumbum in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district on Monday, has been spotted near the Kodayar dam. The elephant which was first captured by the…
- India
Protests in TN over likely release of rogue elephant Arikomban
Chennai: Local people are in protest near the Manimuthur Checkpost in Tamil Nadu after the forest department brought the rogue elephant Arikomban to the Manimuthar Tiger Reserve for releasing it there. Manimuthur forest…
- 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…
