Tribal families spend nights outside due to wild jumbos
January 3rd, 2012 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 3 (IANS) For the last week, about a dozen tribal families in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district have been spending their nights in the open despite the chilly weather after ... Read more...
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Tusker tales: What ails captive elephants in Kerala
December 29th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 (IANS) Elephants in India may be considered an embodiment of Lord Ganesh, but the status of captive jumbos in Kerala is anything but divine. Experts say the ... Read more...
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Dasara ends in Karnataka with famed ‘Jumboo Savari’
October 6th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, Oct 6 (IANS) Thousands of people from Karnataka, many parts of India and from abroad were enthralled Thursday by the 'jumboo savari', or elephant procession, in this city of ... Read more...
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Jumbos’ terror back to haunt Chhattisgarh tribals
September 26th, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 26 (IANS) After giving sleepless nights for a week to tribals in forests of Chhattisgarh's Surguja district late last month, a herd of wild jumbos returned Monday to ... Read more...
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7,028 jumbo attacks in Chhattisgarh in 7 months
September 9th, 2011 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 9 (IANS) Chhattisgarh has witnessed a record 7,028 cases of attacks by wild elephants -- on houses, standing crops and forest residents -- in the first seven months ... Read more...
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Wild jumbos gatecrash school to party
August 31st, 2011 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Aug 31 (IANS) A herd of wild elephants brought down four tribal houses before gatecrashing into a government primary school and partying on foodgrain stored for mid-day meals to ... Read more...
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Jumbo herd moves in, families flee in Chhattisgarh
July 18th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 18 (IANS) For about a week now, a herd of 16 wild elephants has made a forested hamlet of Chhattisgarh its home, running amok in the area and ... Read more...
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Tuskers trample couple to death in Bengal
July 11th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Siliguri, July 11 (IANS) Elephants trampled to death a married couple in their sleep and damaged their mud house in West Bengal's Darjeeling district early Monday, officials said.The incident occurred ... Read more...
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Mysore’s rogue tuskers whisked away to Bandipur forest
June 9th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 9 (IANS) The Karnataka wildlife division Thursday transhipped to the Bandipur reserve forest area the two elephants which trampled one person and a cow to death at Mysore ... Read more...
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One dead as two wild jumbos go berserk in Mysore
June 8th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore (Karnataka), June 8 (IANS) Two wild elephants stormed into Mysore early Wednesday, trampling one person to death and causing panic in this cultural city."The wild elephants entered the city ... Read more...
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Elephants love liquor, cry when sad, says new book (IANS Books)
April 22nd, 2011 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala), April 22 (IANS) Did you know the elephant loves the sweet and sour taste of country liquor and is perhaps the only animal that sheds tears when sad? ... Read more...
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Jagjit Singh for slow trains in elephant corridors
April 20th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Concerned over the death of jumbos in train accidents, singer Jagjit Singh Wednesday appealed to the railway ministry to limit the speed of trains ... Read more...
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Jumbos kill 116 in Chhattisgarh in five years
March 1st, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 1 (IANS) As many as 116 people were killed by elephants in Chhattisgarh in the past five years and government paid Rs.1.40 crore (Rs.14 million) compensation to their families, state's ... Read more...
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Jumbos kill 26 in Chhattisgarh in one year
February 22nd, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 22 (IANS) As many as 26 people were trampled to death by wild elephants in the past one year in Chhattisgarh's northern forest region, the epicentre of man-elephant conflict for ... Read more...
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Wild life group writes to Ramesh over jumbo killings (Lead)
February 15th, 2011 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 15 (IANS) Concerned over the continuing deaths of elephants and other animals, mainly due to poaching, in Orissa's Simlipal National Park, a wild life organisation Tuesday sought the intervention of ... Read more...
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Blackened mouths, bloody nostrils…three jumbos poisoned
February 15th, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 15 (IANS) Three female elephants are suspected to have been poisoned to death, as they were found with blackened mouths and blood oozing from their nostrils in Orissa's Similipal National ... Read more...
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Two killed by jumbos in Jharkhand
January 23rd, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 23 (IANS) A woman and her daughter were trampled to death by a herd of elephants in Jharkhand's Gumla district Sunday, an official said.The herd attacked Karni village under Dumri ... Read more...
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Elephants demolish a dozen houses in Chhattisgarh village
January 12th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 12 (IANS) In the second such incident within a fortnight, a herd of nine wild jumbos demolished 12 houses in a village in Surguja district, forcing 50 residents to flee ... Read more...
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Herd of wild jumbos kill two in Jharkhand
January 4th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jan 4 (IANS) Two people were trampled upon by a herd of wild elephants in Jharkhand's Gumla district, officials said Tuesday."A herd of elephant trampled two people in Barnanga village of ... Read more...
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Jumbos give Chhattisgarh villagers sleepless nights
December 20th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 20 (IANS) Over 65 families in a forested locality of Chhattisgarh are spending sleepless nights as a herd of wild elephants has been roaming in the area and has already ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh minister on tour to tackle man-elephant conflict
November 17th, 2010 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 17 (IANS) Chhattisgarh, which increasingly faces man-elephant conflict, will now take tips from two southern states on how to handle the menace. Its forest minister is on a week-long tour ... Read more...
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Railways not responsible for elephant deaths: Mamata
November 16th, 2010 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said her department was not responsible for the increasing incidents of elephant deaths after being hit by trains ... Read more...
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Elephants raze houses, villagers flee
November 10th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 10 (IANS) Nine families of a Chhattisgarh village took refuge in a government school in Surguja district after a herd of wild jumbos demolished their houses, officials said Wednesday."Some 60 ... Read more...
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Tusker trafficking gang busted in Assam
November 2nd, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Nov 2 (IANS) A trans-national elephant smuggling syndicate was busted in Assam with the arrest of five persons, even as conservationists claimed close to 100 wild Asiatic jumbos ... Read more...
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Centre’s decision to confer ‘National Heritage’ status on elephants welcomed
October 29th, 2010 - 8:58 pm ICT by ANI
By Ajitha MenonSiliguri (West Bengal), Oct.29 (ANI): Wildlife authorities in West Bengal hail the decision of Central Government to confer the 'National Heritage' status on elephants, as it would improve conservation efforts. ... Read more...
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Elephant dies of stomach ailment in Gujarat
October 25th, 2010 - 6:59 pm ICT by ANI
By DharmeshHaripura (Gujarat), Oct.25 (ANI): An elephant, suffering from a stomach ailment died in the forests near Surat in Gujarat.According to the district forest officials, the elephant named Madhubala, was being taken ... Read more...
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Elephant declared national heritage animal
October 22nd, 2010 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The environment ministry Friday declared the elephant a national heritage animal in order to step up measures for its protection.The ministry Friday issued a notification in this ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh villagers migrate as elephants run amok
October 8th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Oct 8 (IANS) Dozens of families have migrated from a forested village in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district after a herd of wild elephants ran amok, killing a child and destroying several houses, ... Read more...
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Ants scare jumbos from stripping tree cover
September 3rd, 2010 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 3 (IANS) Tiny ants are scaring away jumbos about a billion times their size from stripping the tree cover, scientists have discovered.
Columns of angered ants will swarm elephant trunks ... Read more...
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Panel for phased curbs on captive elephants
August 31st, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The elephant task force set up by the environment and forests ministry has recommended discontinuing in a regulated manner the practice of keeping elephants in temples, zoos ... Read more...
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Elephant to be declared national heritage animal: Jairam
August 31st, 2010 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said the elephant would soon be declared a national heritage animal in order to step up measures for its protection.
"We will ... Read more...
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Feeding elephants declared a crime in Bangkok
July 13th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Bangkok, July 13 (ANI): Bangkok authorities have issued a new ordinance wherein people caught feeding bananas or sugar cane to elephants, proffered by their handlers to make money, will be fined 10,000 ... Read more...
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Angry villagers block road as jumbos run amok
June 28th, 2010 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, June 28 (IANS) Dozens of villagers Monday blocked a key road in Chhattisgarh after a herd of wild jumbos trampled a woman to death, officials said.
Dozens of male and female residents ... Read more...
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Jumbos get own village at Kunda
June 20th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Kunda (Rajasthan), June 20 (ANI): Rajasthan Tourism Minister Bina Kak inaugurated an elephant village that would house 51 pachyderms here on Saturday.About 49 acres of land was allotted for the project ... Read more...
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Elephant census conducted in Orissa
April 24th, 2010 - 8:07 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar (Orissa), Apr 24 (ANI): Forest rangers and game wardens of the Wildlife Department conducted a comprehensive elephant census in Orissa.Around 10,000 personnel were deployed in this survey done in the reserve ... Read more...
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