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Assam: Seven elephants killed in train accident, CM orders probe
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chief Minister said, "We are deeply saddened by the death of seven elephants--three adults and four calves--in a tragic train collision earlier today.
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Gaurav Gogoi condemns elephants' death in Assam, raises alarm of growing c
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has expressed serious concern over the deaths of eight elephants in Assam after a collision with the Rajdhani Express, highlighting the escalating human-animal conflict in the state.
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Assam: Elephant calf born in Kaziranga named "Mayabini"; Forest Minister s
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Assam Forest Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary announced that Kuwari, the elephant of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, has given birth to a "healthy female calf". The newborn has been named "Mayabini" symbolising hope and harmony in the wild.
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Aaranyak installs signages to mitigate human-elephant conflict in Assam
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Aaranyak, a biodiversity conservation organisation in India, installed 20 pairs of signages across strategic locations in Assam's Udalguri, Baksa, and Tamulpur districts during October and November this year. This initiative, supported by the SBI Foundation, aims to reduce the risks from fre
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Assam: Signboards to warn of elephant movements put up in sensitive areas
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Aaranyak, an Assam-based biodiversity conservation group has put up 12 signboards at strategic locations in the Udalguri, Tamulpur, and Baksa districts to ensure the safe passage of wildlife and people across busy roads. The districts are in the Bodoland Territorial Region bordering Bhutan.
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Wild elephant killed by speeding train in Assam
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Biswa Jyoti Das, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Biswanath Chariali told ANI over the phone that, last night at around 10 pm, a male wild elephant died after being hit by the Donyi Polo Express train.
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Assam: Woman killed after attacked by wild elephant in Goalpara
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A woman was killed in Assam's Goalpara district after being attacked by a wild elephant on Tuesday, according to a forest official.
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Assam: Forest department seizes rhino horns, elephant tusks, tiger bones;
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The forest department in Assam has seized a huge cache of smuggled animal body parts from the Manas National Park and arrested five suspected poachers on Friday.
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Assam: Two elephants collide with freight trains
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In two unfortunate incidents that occurred on Thursday, two elephants collided with freight-carrying trains in two separate locations
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Rapid response units formed for mitigating human-elephant conflict in Assa
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
To boost efforts for mitigation of Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) and facilitate much-needed coexistence through community participation, Aaranyak, a biodiversity conservation organisation, has formed seven Rapid Response Units (RRUs) at the grassroots level in some of the HEC affected areas
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Elephant Conservation Networks help in human, elephant coexistence in Assa
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In several conflict hotspots of the state- in districts of Udalguri, Baksa and Goalpara, a network of local communities has been formed called the Elephant Conservation Network (ECN).
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3, including child, killed as herd of wild elephants attacks cars in Assam
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
At least three persons, including a child, were killed and two others injured after they were attacked by a herd of wild elephants in Assam's Goalpara district on Thursday, said Dhruba Dutta, the forest range officer of Lakhipur.
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