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Beauty contest of elephants highlights the annual festival in Nepal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chitwan [Nepal], Dec. 31 (ANI): A Beauty contests and polo races were the highlight of a five-day annual elephant festival that started on Tuesday in Chitwan, Nepal.
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'Elephant' has not moved an inch in last nine years: Akhilesh ta
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec. 20 (ANI): Eyeing upon conquering the throne of Lucknow yet again, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday trained his guns at the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), saying the 'elephant' has not moved an inch while the 'cycle' has continued
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Baby jumbo among three killed by speeding train in Assam
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Nagaon (Assam) [India], Dec. 5 (ANI): Three elephants - aged about 15, 13 and 3 years - were found dead by a railway patrolling team on Monday morning after they were hit by the 15905 Up Kanyakumari-Dibrugarh Vivek Express near Jugijan railway station in Nagaon District late last night.
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Elephant terror forces residents to flee homes, take shelter on trees
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Dec. 1 (ANI): Afraid of an attack by a herd of elephants, residents of Loharatola village, nearly 40 km from Jharkhand capital Ranchi, have taken shelter in trees.
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Heartbroken elephant calf refuses to part with mother's dead body in
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Sonitpur (Assam) [India], Nov.26 (ANI): In a heart wrenching incident, a baby elephant in Assam's Sonitpur district refused to leave its mother's body after the elephant fell into a pit and died.
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Poisoned by villagers, wild elephant found dead in Tripura
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kalyanpur (Tripura) [India], Oct. 28 (ANI): A wild elephant was found dead lying on an uncultivated land in Gudai village near Kalyanpur Police Station recently.
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Ailing elephant gives birth to male calf in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Oct. 25 (ANI): An ailing 45-year-old female elephant gave birth to a male calf in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore city on Monday.
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Mother elephant protects body of baby elephant
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Oct. 17 (ANI): A bond between a mother and her child is the most precious relation of all. The love a mother has for her child is unconditional and it's the same for both human beings and animals.
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Elephantine celebration for elephant 'Rajni'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) [India], Oct. 7 (ANI): Rajni, a female elephant living in Dalma wildlife sanctuary in Jamshedpur, celebrated her seventh birthday on Friday. Special arrangements were made by the forest department on the occasion.
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Jalpaiguri forest officers seize huge wildlife articles, five held
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), Sept. 25 (ANI): Forest officers have seized one piece of elephant tusk weighing about one kg, one Himalayan black bear skull, one leopard cub skin, two pieces of black bear tusk and one Sutter gun and arrested five people in this connection in the Belacoba forest ra
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Loss of elephants, megaherbivores could lead to rapid environmental change
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 13 (ANI): According to a new research loss of megaherbivores such as elephants and hippos could allow woody plants, non-grassy herbs and flowering plants to encroach the grasslands in African national parks.
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Two elephants electrocuted to death in Darjeeling
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], Sept.11 (ANI): Two elephants were electrocuted to death in West Bengal's Darjeeling district over the weekend.
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