Terming the restrictions as “impractical”, the Supreme Court on Thursday put on hold the Kerala High Court's order on the use of elephants and observing distances between them, the public, flambeau, and the percussion display during festival parades, including the ‘Thrissur Pooram”.
A herd of 52 Dalma range elephants from Jharkhand entered the Bankura forests Monday late night through the West Midnapore jungle corridor.
To mitigate human-elephant conflicts, the forest department has planned to organise a 'Hati-Bandhu Mela,' a festival dedicated to elephants, aimed at raising awareness among the public.
Odisha witnessed large scale inter-state movement of elephants in the current winter season with jumbos from Jharkhand and West Bengal migrating to the state, according to the All Odisha Elephant Census-2024 census report released on Thursday.
Three elephants were allegedly electrocuted after coming in contact with live wire traps laid by poachers in forest areas of Odisha’s Sambalpur district, a senior forest official said on Monday.
The death of eight elephants in Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, likely due to consuming fungus-infected kodo millet, underscores a profound and growing challenge in India’s conservation landscape.
Ten wild elephants, from a herd of 13 jumbos, have died possibly after consuming some poisonous substance at the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Madhya Pradesh within three days from Tuesday to Thursday.
The decision to cull 200 elephants in Zimbabwe in response to a severe drought highlights the intersection of environmentalism, human survival, and wildlife management.
The last census conducted in 2017 counted 1970 elephants while the latest census found an increase in 122 elephants at 6% growth rate.
The CPI (ML) New Democracy today fielded Narendranath Roy as its candidate for the Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency today.
