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Ranchi, April 2 A sub-adult elephant, which fell into a 45-foot-deep well in the Ranchi district of Jharkhand, was rescued after a three-hour operation on Thursday, a forest department official said.The elephant, which was part of a herd of four, fell into the well around 1 am at the Saryad...

Chaibasa, April 2 A fully grown elephant was found dead under mysterious circumstances in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand on Thursday, a police officer said.Villagers informed the forest department about the carcass of the elephant on Thursday morning.Sub-Divisional Police Officer...

Bahraich (UP), March 31 Forest department personnel recovered the carcass of a female elephant in the Bichhiya area of the Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary here on Tuesday morning, a senior official said.The elephant, estimated to be 20-25 years old, died under natural circumstances, and there...

Itanagar, March 31 A 12-member expert team from Karnataka has been deployed in Deomali, in the Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, to track and relocate an elephant that has been responsible for several human casualties in the area over the past two years, officials said on Tuesday.The team...

Jaipur, March 31 A controversy has erupted after images of an elephant painted bright pink during a photoshoot in Jaipur by a Russian artist were widely circulated online, triggering criticism and raising concerns about animal welfare.The elephant died last month, her owner has confirmed...

Bengaluru, March 26 Karnataka Minister Eshwar B Khandre clarified in the Assembly on Thursday that there is no provision to offer government jobs to the legal heirs of persons killed in wildlife attacks, as per existing government orders.Responding to a question by Sringeri MLA T D Rajegowda...

Bhubaneswar, March 24 A total of 325 wild animals, including a tiger, 11 leopards, and 14 elephants, were killed by poachers in Odisha over the past three years, state forest minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia told the Assembly on Tuesday.Responding to a written question by BJD MLA Ramesh Chandra...

Wayanad (Kerala), March 22 The Forest Department has launched an operation to tranquilize and capture a wild elephant that has repeatedly raided crops and posed a threat to human lives in Vadakkanad, officials said on Sunday.According to forest officials, efforts are being made to capture the...

Udhagamandalam, March 18 Tense moments prevailed on the Mettupalayam-Coonor railway route after one of the nine wild elephants camped inside a tunnel, chasing some railway employees near here, officials said on Wednesday.A video of the incident that occurred on March 17 went viral on social...

Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), March 18 Two tusks belonging to a young elephant were seized from a house in the Tirupati district, a forest official said on Wednesday.The tusks were recovered on Tuesday from the possession of the accused, who has been taken into custody."Two tusks belonging to a...

Phulbani (Odisha), March 14 Three people were killed by separate groups of elephants in the jungles of the Kandhamal district, forest officials said on Saturday.Two people died in the Damba forest in the Petapanfa gram panchayat on Friday evening, while another man met a similar fate in the...

Kodagu (Karnataka), March 13 The wild elephant that caused the death of a 49-year-old coffee farmer was captured on Friday by the Forest Department in a coordinated operation, officials said.Ganapathi was trampled to death by the same wild elephant on Thursday afternoon when he went to his...

Chaibasa, March 13 A wild elephant killed a pregnant woman in the Goilkera area of Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, a police officer said.The incident occurred on Thursday night when the 30-year-old woman, Rani Boipai, came out of her home in Kuida village, suspecting the presence of an...

Raigarh, March 12 Two elephants were found dead in a river in Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, a forest official said on Thursday.The carcasses of the two elephants were spotted in the Kurkut river in the Gharghoda forest range on Wednesday and were later retrieved by a team under the...

Yerravaripalem (Andhra Pradesh), March 9 Two elephants died from electrocution on Monday, allegedly after coming into contact with illegal electric snares near the Talakona Reserve forest in the Tirupati district, the forest department said.The elephants, reportedly around 12 years old, were...

Latehar (Jharkhand), March 6 An elderly man was killed by a wild elephant in Latehar district, Jharkhand, a forest official said on Friday.The incident occurred around 10 pm on Thursday in Bhandar Toli village, under the Chandwa Police Station, when he went outside his house to relieve...

Erode (Tamil Nadu), March 6 A male elephant has died of electrocution in the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in this district, according to forest officials.Based on the information, a team of forest personnel visited a private land in Kadaganalli forest village within the Kadambur forest Range...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 5 One of the three elephants brought for a temple festival near Nooranad in this coastal district became violent the previous night, injuring its mahout and damaging several vehicles, police said on Thursday.The jumbo was later sedated by wildlife officials and...

Khunti, March 2 A sub-adult elephant, which fell into a 20-foot well, was rescued after a three-hour operation in Khunti district, Jharkhand, on Monday, a forest department official said.The incident occurred at the Serengdih village, under the Sadar police station, around midday."After a...

Khunti (Jharkhand), March 2 – A wild elephant that had wandered into a residential area of the district headquarters in Khunti, Jharkhand, fell into an open well in the Dandtoli (Anigara) locality on Monday afternoon, causing panic among residents.The animal was safely rescued by the Forest...