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West Bengal Forest Dept to introduce rubber strips on National Highway to
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], September 22 (ANI): The West Bengal Forest Department has taken steps to introduce rubber strips on the National Highway, state highway and the Asian Highway in the North Bengal region to control elephant deaths.
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Illegal dumping in WB's Bamonpokhri area under Kurseong forest division, p
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], September 21 (ANI): Wild elephants passing through the Bamonpokhri area under Kurseong forest division have been consuming waste which is illegally dumped in the area.
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Commuters delighted as elephant herd crosses national highway in Odisha's
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhenkanal (Odisha) [India], September 16 (ANI): A rare and beautiful sight of cooperation was witnessed on Tuesday while a herd of elephants was crossing National Highway 55 in Dhenkanal of Odisha, bringing traffic to a halt, but no complaining from the commuters.
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Assam zoo installs ACs for animals to beat summer heat
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Aug 16 (ANI): Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden has made arrangements and installed Air Conditioners (AC) in hospitals and quarantine facilities for animals to beat the scorching summer heat.
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Elephants enjoy buffet of cakes, fruits, vegetables on World Elephant Day
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 12 (ANI): Zoo staff treated the five elephants at Hyderabad's Nehru Zoological Park to a buffet of cakes, fruits, vegetables, sprouts, sugarcane, pineapple, jaggery, coconut and green grass as it was their special day, World Elephant Day which fell on We
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Over 200 Elephants in India Kept in Severely Inadequate Conditions, says W
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): A new report from international animal welfare organisation, World Animal Protection exposes dismal conditions of elephants at entertainment venues in India and alarming elephant tourism trends across Asia. These trends are expected to get worse as v
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It's important to strengthen human-elephant coexistence: Javadekar
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): It is important to strengthen human-elephant coexistence to manage conflicts and avoid loss of valuable lives of both the humans and elephants, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday as World Elephant Day which falls on August 12 approaches.
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Tamil Nadu: Elephant rearing business hit hard by COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 31 (ANI): With the COVID-induced lockdown across the country, the elephant rearing business has been hit hard. A fourth-generation elephant caretaker from Tamil Nadu's Madurai said that the pandemic had brought a lot of hardship due to the decrease in deman
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Two Asian elephants use twig to scratch body
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 26 (ANI): Normally only apes and other primates use tools, but two Asian elephants were seen using a twig to scratch their body parts at Bannerghatta Biological Park near Bengaluru in Karnataka, an official said on Saturday.
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Herd of elephants enter residential area in Siliguri
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 23 (ANI): A herd of three elephants, including two calves, from Baikunthupur forest in the wee hours of Thursday entered a residential area in Siliguri amid the lockdown.
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Augmented reality brings elephants, tigers, entire solar system in online
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Malappuram (Kerala) [India], July 13 (ANI): A giant elephant or a life-like cow that appears all of a suddenly inside a kindergarten classroom in Kerala's Malappuram district has added a whole new dimension to learning for children.
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Elephant population rises to 2,026 in Uttarakhand
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 29 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat was informed by forest officials that an elephants' census was carried out between June 6 and June 8 and the number of elephants has risen to 2,026 from 1,839 in 2017, according to Chief Minister'
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