Tag: Elephant
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Bankura: New jumbo herd creates havoc
State forest minister Rajib Banerjee incidentally arrived at the district today itself and flagged off the fifth Banabandhav festival at Gangajalghanti Range, where one villager was killed by a tusker a fortnight back.
February 15, 2020 -
Supreme Court rejects mahout’s plea seeking release of elephant Laxmi from ‘detention’
The habeas corpus plea was filed by mahout Saddam seeking the release of the 47-year-old elephant.
January 9, 2020 -
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Plans afoot to stop jumbo attacks
Mr Basu said that that the government had already hiked the compensation from Rs 50,000 but what is needed was a deterrent that can prevent the elephant onslaught.
June 28, 2019 -
Elephant wandering for 2 months dies
The elephant was first seen in Angul forest division two months ago. From there the forest authorities drove the animal into Satkosia division where it was staying since last month.
June 26, 2019 -
Old elephant found wandering, treated
According to local villagers, the elephant is a male, having injures in many body parts, making it difficult to move.
June 19, 2019 -
Man trampled to death by elephant
In Jharkhand, more than 700 people have been killed by elephants since 2000.
January 14, 2019 -
Goods train kills elephant in Odisha
The DFO said that all protocols regarding the movement of elephants near railway track were followed and same was intimated to the railways.
November 22, 2018 -
A bend in the Koel
From Betla we went a little beyond, to Lat and Kuzrum, mainly in the hope of being able to see chital in large herds at the village tank, and perhaps even elephants ~ in April, Betla is too dry for elephants and they move towards the Koel. But the chital did not oblige us, though …
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October 20, 2018 -
Elephant ‘Ranga’ dies after being hit by bus in Karnataka
"It is a sad news. There should have been speed breakers on the elephant corridors as a short-term measure, whereas the long-term step should be to ban vehicular movement in the forest areas at night," wildlife enthusiast D Rajkumar said
October 8, 2018 -
Train runs over elephant in Uttarakhand
A female elephant was found dead in the Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand on Tuesday after being run over by a train, a forest official said.
June 26, 2018 -
Elephant stuck in Ganga saved through special operation in Uttarakhand
The forest department conducted a special operation in Rishikesh early Thursday morning to rescue a wild elephant stuck in river Ganga. The tusker was spotted at the barrage gate from where water is supplied for power generation to Chilla power plant. First, the pressure was reduced by diverting the water to Haridwar town and then guiding the …
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March 15, 2018 -
Jumbo takes another life in Rourkela, toll 7
Elephant attack took one more life here, Tuesday on Tuesday raising the number of death, so far, to seven over the past two months. This time the deceased was a former sarpanch and was part of a team formed to drive away the herd. Ranka Toppo, 48, former sarpanch of the Kacharu gram panchayat is survived …
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March 1, 2018 -
Two held with elephant tusk
In a major seizure of wildlife articles, the Siliguri Regional Unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recovered elephant tusks as they were being smuggled to Nepal on Thursday. The tusks are worth more than Rs 1 crore in the international market, officials said. Based on a tip-off, DRI sleuths apprehended Saiful Islam of …
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February 17, 2018 -
Injured elephant found by villagers, dies after a month
In a tragic incident an injured elephant, undergoing treatment for about one month from forest department veterinary doctors , died in Khitama in district Udham Singh Nagar on Wednesday. As the elephant had suffered grave injury from a male tusker in territorial fight, the treatment failed to make the jumbo walk again. Villagers found the …
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February 15, 2018 -
Senior citizen trampled to death by enraged elephant
A senior citizen was trampled to death by an enraged wild elephant. The elephant was so enraged that it continued to trample him under its feet for quite some time and also kept kicking him. With this, the death toll in elephant attacks has gone up to five in January. Meanwhile, the forest dept of …
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February 1, 2018 -
Man-elephant conflict hits Dhenkanal worst
The man-elephant conflict has come to sharp focus here again with the death of a farmer and injuries to two others last week . Sixteen elephants die last year due to various reasons like poaching, electric shock and others while 20 people had died in elephant attacks. Crossing Gengutia overbridge on Brahmani river has become dangerous …
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January 23, 2018