Tusker attack claims one more life in Kerala, this time it’s a 22-year-old youth
A 22-year-old youth was killed on Sunday in an attack by a wild elephant at Mullaringadu in Vannappuram Grama Panchayat, near Kothamangalam forest range in Kerala .
A 22-year-old youth was killed on Sunday in an attack by a wild elephant at Mullaringadu in Vannappuram Grama Panchayat, near Kothamangalam forest range in Kerala .
Around 50 wild elephants have so far been electrocuted by unauthorised electric fences or wires in Sri Lanka this year, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said on Monday.
A wild elephant trampled a 40-year-old man to death at Knachary in Kuttampuzha near Kothamangalam in Kerala’s Ernakulam district on Monday night.
The elephant depredation occurred on Saturday night in Munda Sahi village as a herd of elephants pulled down a mud-walled house and later tossed a 12-year-old boy and a three-year-old baby girl in the air. Later they trampled them to death, said officials.
With as many as 857 elephants perishing in the last decade, Odisha has virtually turned into a graveyard for elephants, although national heritage animal status has been accorded to tuskers.
Tamil Nadu forest department on Tuesday said that the rogue elephant, ‘Arikomban’, that was captured from Cumbum town and relocated…
A pregnant elephant was mowed down by a goods train running between Chalsa and Nagrakata section in the Dooars under…
Tamil Nadu forest department on Monday captured a wild 'Makhna' elephant which was destroying crops at Saralapathy near Pollachi district.
He also interacted with field directors of tiger reserves that have scored highest in the recently concluded 5th cycle of the Management Effectiveness Evaluation exercise.
According to eye-witness account, the elephant was visibly annoyed by the noise and people taking selfies. The pachyderm soon went out of the control of his owner.
