65-year-old inured in attack by wild elephant

2011-11-13 - KOZHIKODE, India.

A 65-year-old man was injured when a wild elephant ran amok at a retreat centre at Kulathuvayal, near Chakkittapara in the district on Saturday morning. The tusker came from Mukkavala forest region and entered the centre by destructing the compound wall.

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Tusker creates panic

2007-02-16 - KOZHIKODE, India.

This time it was the turn of people of Cheliya in Chengottukavu panchayat near Koyilandy to get terrorised by ‘elephants on run’. Vikhnaraj, the tusker which ran amok, created panic in the area for almost an hour on Thursday morning before getting tranquillised by Dr K C Panicker, an expert in tranquillising raging elephants. The pachyderm had started showing symptoms of musth on Wednesday. Fortunately, no one was hurt and no loss of property was reported. The elephant, owned by K P Raveendr...

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