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2 Officials Suspended After Bandhavgarh Elephant Deaths, Task Force Formed
Two senior forest officials of Madhya Pradesh have been suspended for alleged negligence in their duties after the death of 10 elephants at the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.
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Centre's Report Says India Has 150 Elephant Corridors, Most Are In...
India has at least 150 elephant corridors spanning 15 range-states across four elephant-bearing regions, with West Bengal topping the list with 26 such land strips, according to a new Union Environment Ministry report.
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Top Court Suggests Task Force To Tackle Human-Animal Conflict Problem
The Supreme Court said today that human-animal conflict, especially involving elephants, was a "problem" and the centre should consider setting up a task force to ensure adherence to the guidelines on this issue.
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Animal Rights Body Criticise Elephant's Guinness Book Entry
Noted animal rights body Heritage Animal Task Force (HATF) has criticised Travancore Devaswom Board for trying to register an 86-year-old "retired" elephant as the oldest living captive jumbo in the Guinness Book of World records.
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Baahubali 2 Faces Trouble For Allegedly Shooting With Elephant Illegally
The Thrissur-based Task Force sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently demanding action against the producer, director and camera man of the film, and the owner and mahout of the elephant. Baahubali 2 is the sequel to last year's multilingual blockbluster Baahubali directed by S S Rajamouli
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Huge Zimbabwe Elephant Killed Legally, Says Wildlife Authority
The hunt that killed one of the biggest elephants seen for years in Zimbabwe was legal, the wildlife authority said today.
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26 More Elephants Poisoned in Zimbabwe: Official
A total of 26 more elephants have been found dead from cyanide poisoning in Zimbabwe, taking the toll to 40 in two months, parks officials said today.
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Over 100 Elephant Deaths in Kerala in Last Nine Months
Over 100 elephants, 85 of them non-captive, have died in Kerala in the last nine months due to various reasons, according to an animal rights outfit.
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Outfit Flays Kerala Move to Renew Ownership Certificate for Jumbos
Noted animal rights group Heritage Task Force has criticised the Kerala Forest Department's move to renew the ownership certificate for captive elephants, holding that the move will lead to the regularisation of illegal ownership of many jumbos.
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Rights Group Flays Kerala Government's Move to Form Elephant Board
A Kerala-based animal rights group has found errors in the state government's plan to constitute an Elephant Welfare Board, arguing it violates the provisions of Wildlife Protection Act 1972 and Wildlife Stock Declaration Rule 2013.
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High Court directs union, state govts to form Elephant Task Force
Taking cognisance of increasing number of elephant deaths, the Karnataka High Court today directed the state and the Union governments to constitute a task force within 10 days to work towards mitigating man-elephant conflicts. Hearing a petition over the issue, the division bench of Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice B V Nagarathna directed...
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2 Officials Suspended After Bandhavgarh Elephant Deaths, Task Force Formed
Two senior forest officials of Madhya Pradesh have been suspended for alleged negligence in their duties after the death of 10 elephants at the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.
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Centre's Report Says India Has 150 Elephant Corridors, Most Are In...
India has at least 150 elephant corridors spanning 15 range-states across four elephant-bearing regions, with West Bengal topping the list with 26 such land strips, according to a new Union Environment Ministry report.
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Top Court Suggests Task Force To Tackle Human-Animal Conflict Problem
The Supreme Court said today that human-animal conflict, especially involving elephants, was a "problem" and the centre should consider setting up a task force to ensure adherence to the guidelines on this issue.
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Animal Rights Body Criticise Elephant's Guinness Book Entry
Noted animal rights body Heritage Animal Task Force (HATF) has criticised Travancore Devaswom Board for trying to register an 86-year-old "retired" elephant as the oldest living captive jumbo in the Guinness Book of World records.
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Baahubali 2 Faces Trouble For Allegedly Shooting With Elephant Illegally
The Thrissur-based Task Force sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently demanding action against the producer, director and camera man of the film, and the owner and mahout of the elephant. Baahubali 2 is the sequel to last year's multilingual blockbluster Baahubali directed by S S Rajamouli
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Huge Zimbabwe Elephant Killed Legally, Says Wildlife Authority
The hunt that killed one of the biggest elephants seen for years in Zimbabwe was legal, the wildlife authority said today.
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26 More Elephants Poisoned in Zimbabwe: Official
A total of 26 more elephants have been found dead from cyanide poisoning in Zimbabwe, taking the toll to 40 in two months, parks officials said today.
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Over 100 Elephant Deaths in Kerala in Last Nine Months
Over 100 elephants, 85 of them non-captive, have died in Kerala in the last nine months due to various reasons, according to an animal rights outfit.
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Outfit Flays Kerala Move to Renew Ownership Certificate for Jumbos
Noted animal rights group Heritage Task Force has criticised the Kerala Forest Department's move to renew the ownership certificate for captive elephants, holding that the move will lead to the regularisation of illegal ownership of many jumbos.
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Rights Group Flays Kerala Government's Move to Form Elephant Board
A Kerala-based animal rights group has found errors in the state government's plan to constitute an Elephant Welfare Board, arguing it violates the provisions of Wildlife Protection Act 1972 and Wildlife Stock Declaration Rule 2013.
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High Court directs union, state govts to form Elephant Task Force
Taking cognisance of increasing number of elephant deaths, the Karnataka High Court today directed the state and the Union governments to constitute a task force within 10 days to work towards mitigating man-elephant conflicts. Hearing a petition over the issue, the division bench of Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice B V Nagarathna directed...
