Elephant Killed In West Bengal

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  Villagers Try To Drive Away Elephant With Spiked Rods, Fireballs. It Dies

  A banned practice of using spiked rods and fireballs to drive away wild animals has led to the death of an elephant in West Bengal's Jhargram district on Thursday. Conservationist Prerna Singh Bindra shared the incident in an online post on Saturday.

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  3 Elephants Die After Being Hit By Train In Horrifying Bengal Accident

  Three elephants were killed in an accident involving a parcel train in the forest of Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal today. One baby and two adult elephants were hit by a parcel train leading to their deaths.

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  Three Elephants Killed After Goods Train Hits Them In Bengal

  Three elephants were killed on Monday when a goods train hit them while they were crossing the tracks passing through forests at Rajabhatkhawa in West Bengal's Alipurduar district, a senior official of North Frontier Railway said.

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  Elephant Kills 2 After Crowd Gathers To Look At Its Dead Cub In Bengal

  Two elderly men were killed in an attack by a female elephant in West Bengal's Jhargram district on Wednesday, following the death of the pachyderm's cub, a forest official said.

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  Class 10 Student Killed In Elephant Attack On His Way To Exam Centre In West Bengal

  A Madhyamik candidate died on Thursday, the first day of the class ten board examination, in an elephant attack at Maharajghat in West Bengal on his way to the center, police said.

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  Couple Killed, Two Others Injured In Wild Elephant Attack In West Bengal

  A 65-year-old man and his wife were trampled to death by a wild elephant in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district in the early hours of Wednesday, officials said.

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  Leopard Killed In Fierce Fight With Elephant In Bengal's Jalpaiguri

  A leopard was suspected to be killed in a fierce fight with an elephant in a forest in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, officials said.

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  Elephant Killed After Being Run Over By Speeding Train In Bengal

  A male adult elephant was run over and killed and another was injured by a running train in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, forest department officials said on Monday.

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  3 Elephants Killed By Speeding Train In West Bengal

  Three elephants were killed after a speeding train knocked them down in West Bengal's Jhargram district early on Tuesday morning, a senior forest official said.

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  3 Elephants Run Over By Passenger Train In West Bengal

  Three elephants were killed after a passenger train ran over them near Bishnupur of West Bengal's Bankura district.

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  After Search With Drones, Officers Forced To Shoot Dead Elephant

  Earthmovers closed in on a patch of forest in West Bengal's Bankura district to dig the ground as the beast lay motionless. This morning, smoke was seen rising from the area. A full-grown male elephant, shot dead with no less 12 bullets after a dangerous chase, was being cremated.

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  Caught In Electric Fence, Elephant Dies In North Bengal

  An adult male elephant was killed on Saturday morning in Alipurduar district of West Bengal in the Dalgaon forest area. The elephant was allegedly electrocuted as farmers had set up an electric fence around their field by illegally tapping electricity from high tension cables passing through the area.

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  Bengal Seeks Centre's Nod To Catch Wild Elephants

  Ruling out any proposal to kill animals as in Bihar to save crops, the West Bengal Government has sought the Centre's nod to catch wild elephants and not kill them to protect farmlands and lives of people.

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  Elephant Kills Man By Flinging Him To The Ground, Trampling Him

  A farmer was trampled to death by an elephant in West Bengal's Kashpur this morning, police said, adding the animal has been on a rampage, moving around in fields and creating panic among the locals in the district.

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  Congress Councillor Killed by Elephant in West Bengal

  A Congress councillor was killed in an elephant attack in West Bengal's West Midnapore district today, an aide said.