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Tamil Nadu: Floral tribute paid to Magna elephant after death
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Mudumalai Tiger Reserve officials paid floral tribute to 58-year-old Magna Elephant, who was working as a government employee till last year and passed away.
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Kerala: Body of man suspected to be trampled by elephant found; tusker pus
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Kannur Forest Department chased away a wild elephant that entered the residential area of Ulikkal on Wednesday. Officials informed that the body of a man suspected to be trampled by the wild elephant was recovered from near the area where the tusker was spotted.
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TN: Female elephant found dead in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The dead elephant was pregnant. It has been found that the elephant died due to the rupture of the carapace due to the shock caused when another male elephant tried to mate with the female elephant
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Madras HC junks plea seeking expert panel to track rogue tusker 'Arikomban
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court dismissed a petition, seeking an order to the Tamil Nadu government to appoint an expert committee to monitor the movement of rogue tusker, Arikomban.
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TN: Wild tusker attacks forest officials in Gudalur, CCTV footage goes vir
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Forest Department received information that a single elephant was roaming in the village area in the Thondialam area, after which the department was engaged in security work to drive away the elephant.
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Chhattisgarh: Elephant herd blocks highway to protect calf that fell in Ko
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to Katghora Divisional Forest Officer, Nishant Kumar, "The cause of the unusual 'chakka jam' was an elephant calf that had fallen into a deep ditch next to the highway, prompting the herd of elephants to intervene."
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TN forest officials monitor wild elephants in Nilgiris as human-animal con
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu forest department officials have been monitoring the wild elephants in the Gudalur and the Pandalur areas of Nilgiri district as they increasingly enter the human habitats and cause destruction to properties and standing crops in the areas.
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Tamil Nadu: Elephant found dead in Boluvampatti Forest Reserve
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
"On September 30, a female elephant was found dead in the bush while the forest staff was patrolling at near Perumpallam Stream in Ichukuzhi Saraga area of Coimbatore jurisdiction Poluvampatti Forest Reserve, Narasipuram Division, Poluvampatti Block III Reserve Forest, Devarayapuram Cir
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Wild Asian elephants have unusual puzzle-solving abilities
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A new study published in the journal Animal Behaviour presented data from a six-month investigation that documented individual wild Asian elephants' skills to get food by solving riddles that unlocked storage boxes.
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Elephant calf rescued from drain in Assam’s Sonitpur
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
According to the reports, locals of the Dhendai tea estate on Sunday spotted the baby elephant in a drain and immediately informed local forest staff.
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Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve conducts training for 'Mahouts'
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
On the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, orientation training for 'Mahouts and Ghasis' attending departmental elephants at Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve was held on Tuesday. Kaziranga National Park currently has 68 Elephants. It is expected that the training shall furthe
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TN: Forest officials ban tourists in Moir Point in Kodaikanal after wild e
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu Forest Department officials have imposed a ban on tourists visiting Moir Point in Kodaikanal as wild elephants have vandalised shops there.
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