Wild Tusker

An elderly man was killed in an attack by wild elephants on Saturday outside the buffer zone of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Madhya Pradesh, where 10 jumbos died in three days this week.

A wild tusker from Similipal National Park entered Baripada town in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Thursday forcing people to remain indoors till the jumbo was chased away from human habitation areas.

Forest department officials on Friday captured the tusker that claimed the lives of two persons in Kadaba village of Dakshina Kannada district.

A 70-year-old woman not only lost her life, but her body also fell to the wrath of a wild tusker in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place on Saturday night in Belgaon village under Manendragarh forest range when a wild tusker entered the under-construction house of Gulab Singh Gond and trampled him and his 6-year-old daughter Shanu to death.

A 35-year old wild elephant, seriously injured in a suspected fight with other tuskers, died in Kerala on Tuesday night before getting treatment by the Forest department veterinarians, officials said.

Elephant menace in Chhattisgarh's Korba district claimed life of a 29-year-old man. He was trampled to death by a wild tusker, forest officials said on Tuesday.

The two wild tuskers, who have been released in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve were staying 'inseparable' like brother, said an official.

A retired Border Security Force jawan was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, an official said today.

A wild elephant named Sidda, crippled by a leg injury, now spends most of his time in the backwaters of Manchanabele dam in Karnataka to cope with the pain after a tusker broke his front right leg last month.

Rejuvenation camp for temple elephants began today at Thekkampatti on the Banks of Bhavani river near Mettupalayam, about 50 km from Coimbatore.

As elephant poaching in Africa by organised crime gangs using high-tech equipment rises, those working to stop their extinction in the wild have turned to technology too.

An elderly man was killed in an attack by wild elephants on Saturday outside the buffer zone of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Madhya Pradesh, where 10 jumbos died in three days this week.

A wild tusker from Similipal National Park entered Baripada town in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Thursday forcing people to remain indoors till the jumbo was chased away from human habitation areas.

Forest department officials on Friday captured the tusker that claimed the lives of two persons in Kadaba village of Dakshina Kannada district.

A 70-year-old woman not only lost her life, but her body also fell to the wrath of a wild tusker in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place on Saturday night in Belgaon village under Manendragarh forest range when a wild tusker entered the under-construction house of Gulab Singh Gond and trampled him and his 6-year-old daughter Shanu to death.

A 35-year old wild elephant, seriously injured in a suspected fight with other tuskers, died in Kerala on Tuesday night before getting treatment by the Forest department veterinarians, officials said.

Elephant menace in Chhattisgarh's Korba district claimed life of a 29-year-old man. He was trampled to death by a wild tusker, forest officials said on Tuesday.

The two wild tuskers, who have been released in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve were staying 'inseparable' like brother, said an official.

A retired Border Security Force jawan was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district, an official said today.

A wild elephant named Sidda, crippled by a leg injury, now spends most of his time in the backwaters of Manchanabele dam in Karnataka to cope with the pain after a tusker broke his front right leg last month.

Rejuvenation camp for temple elephants began today at Thekkampatti on the Banks of Bhavani river near Mettupalayam, about 50 km from Coimbatore.

As elephant poaching in Africa by organised crime gangs using high-tech equipment rises, those working to stop their extinction in the wild have turned to technology too.