2010-07-27 - Hyderabad, India
The Environment, Forest, Science and Technology department has permitted the Andhra Pradesh Wild Life warden to provide an elephant from the Nehru Zoological Park for the Bonalu and Moharrum processions. However, the permission would be only for this year.
2010-07-27 - Sonitpur, India
A couple and a child were trampled to death by wild elephants in the Biswanath Reserve Forest in northern Assam´s Sonitpur district late on Monday night. The incident occurred on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. From 2007 to 2009, Assam has recorded a total of 166 human deaths and 32 elephant deaths in incidents of man-elephant conflict. The figure shows an increasing trend, with 44 human deaths recorded in 2007, 52 in 2008 and 70 in 2009.
2010-07-27 - Rishikesh, India
A woman was today trampled to death by a wild elephant in Jim Corbett National Park, an official said here. The incident occurred in Jhirna range of Jim Corbett Reserve this morning when Tulsi Devi (45) along with other women went to the jungles to fetch fodder. She was suddenly attacked by the pachyderm, Warden of the Park Umesh Chandra Tiwari said.
2010-07-26 - Chikmagalur, India
Will the 8.3-feet-elephant tusk recently seized by the forest department in Chikmagalur find a mention in the Guinness Book of Records? "The tusk, which weighs an amazing 44 kg, found in Chikmagalur should easily make it to the Guinness Book of Records. The size and length of the tusk makes it a rare find," said a forest department official.
2010-07-22 - Gumla, India
A woman was trampled to death and another injured by an elephant in Gumla district of Jharkhand on Thursday. The 65-year-old woman and her neighbour were in a field at Gonmar village when the pachyderm attacked them, the police said. The elephant had strayed into the village earlier this week and efforts were on to drive it animal back to the forest.
2010-07-18 - Anekal, India
Two farmers died following wild elephant attack near Tattekere-Chudahalli area in the Mahadeshwara forest range, in the Bannerghatta National Park limits on Sunday. The killed are identified as Motanna (60) of Chudahalli and Shivanegowda alias Huchchanna(68) of Tattekere. A small pathway of about 5 KM in the forest between Chudahalli and Tattekere makes the travel easy for the villagers.
2010-07-15 - Chennai, India
Separated from the herd when it was barely two weeks old and then rehabilitated at the Vandalur Zoo, a four-month-old male elephant calf still yearns for the love of its mother. Longing for maternal warmth and refusing to eat properly, Giri stands emaciated, causing concern to veterinarians, mahouts and other forest officials taking care of him.
2010-07-14 - Corbett National Park, India
Swinging mid-air like a rag doll, this monitor lizard was in for a rough time when a playful elephant took a fancy to it. The unlucky creature had been swept off the ground and was carried around for a number of days by Madhuri, an Indian elephant. With tail firmly clamped in the animal´s trunk the lizard was swung around and occasionally put back on the floor.
2010-06-22 - Kunda, India
Celebrations have marked the opening of India´s first "elephant village" in the northern state of Rajasthan. Fifty-one houses have been built in the village of Kunda to house the mahouts - keepers - and their elephants.
2010-06-04 - Palakkad, India
A wild baby elephant fell into a well in Palakkad district of India´s southern Kerala state on Thursday night. The four-year-old elephant fell into the well when it entered the residential area of Vadakkethara along with its herd. The locals came to know about the incident early in the morning on Friday and informed the forest department immediately. A huge crowd of locals gathered near the well to help the officials in rescuing the elephant. The animal is unhurt and is swimming in the wel...
