Speaking of the details of the incident, the official stated that the three elephants that went on a rampage and attacked three individuals might be part of the thirteen-elephant group, of which ten have recently died under suspicious circumstances.
Forest department officials and police rushed to the spot and assured to look into their demand as per the provisions of the forest department, SDPO (Ghatsila) Ajit Kumar Kujjur said.
A video of a herd of elephants enjoying their dip in the water in Tamil Nadu in the scorching heat has gone viral on the internet.
Chhattisgarh news: An elephant trampled to death Ashok Uike (49) in Kherwatola under Marwahi Forest Range in GPM on Friday night, said Marwahi police station ASI Naveen Mishra.
Assam wildlife officials said that the incident happened in Koroibari along the Batabari Forest Range where the 2 elephants came into contact with a live electric fence installed around a paddy field.
Thousands of people who visit the campus will be educated on the protection of elephants. Further students of the campus will be warriors of elephant protection in the coming years.
Swabs of 28 captive elephants at a camp in the district on Tuesday have been taken for testing, days after a lioness succumbed to COVID-19 and nine others in the pride tested positive for the infection at a Zoo in Chennai.
Various other test reports such as forensic, toxicology and meteorological also suggested the absence of any foul play and pointed towards the electrocution death of the elephants at Kondoli proposed reserve forest, also known as Bamuni Hills.
A herd of elephants created scare in Shanthipuram mandal of Chittoor district on December 10.
A team of wildlife activists have taken up a task to stop illegal dumping in forest area of West Bengal.
Rangan, Madurai based elephant owner claims facing hardship amid COVID lockdown.
Three elephants strayed into a residential colony in Siliguri from Baikunthapur Forest on July 22. A tuskers entered ward number 37 and 38 of Siliguri Municipal Corporation.
Herd of wild jumbos ran amok causing destruction in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari. Around 13 tuskers entered village and destroyed houses and crops.
A herd of elephants were seen crossing Somwarpet-Kushalnagar Highway near Kaatnamane village in Karnataka on May 29.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal (PETA) has asked the Union Government to ban elephants from being exhibited or trained for performances in India. Earlier, the Defence Ministry had prohibited the use of elephants during the Republic Day Parade.
According to forest officials, the elephants are trained to carry out search operations and comb sugarcane fields. Forest personnel, who will be sitting atop these elephants, will shoot tranquillizer darts on the leopard.
States like Karnataka and Chhattisgarh have reaped benefits of Haathi Mitra Dal that have proved instrumental in preventing conflict between wild elephants and villagers. In Jharkhand, such groups will be formed under Forest Department.
A 10-year-old girl and her mother were on Tuesday trampled to death by elephants in Jharkhand's Giridih district.
The elephants, who have travelled from Nepal to Pilibhit and now Bareilly, had reached Mandanpur village in Bareilly on Friday night, which is around 4 km from Rampur. An alert has been sounded on the Rampur border.
Nothing haunts like a death of a loved one, and the viral video is proof enough that a demise scars the animals as much as it does with the humans.
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