Elephant

• Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Witnesses First-Ever Death of Female Elephant Due to Mating Shock

  The forest department officials found the dead animal while patrolling in the Singhara forest area of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. Thereafter, the forest veterinarians immediately conducted a post-mortem on the dead elephant as per the orders of the Mudumalai Field Director, Venkatesh.…

• KVIC Launches a Project in Assam to Prevent Elephant-Human Conflict

  The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has launched a project in Assam to reduce elephant-human conflict through the use of bees, nine months after it was launched in Karnataka.…

• Elephants Faint After Consumption of Mahua and Pesticides in Chhattisgarh

  On Monday, at least four elephants were found unconscious in a forest in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district, prompting a frenzied scramble to save them. Officials believe it was the result of a combination of eating too much mahua and accidentally ingesting pesticides while searching for foodgrains.…

• Kerala Elephant Case: SC Issues Notice to Centre, Kerala & others on Plea to Ban Use of Explosives to Ward Off Wild Animals

  A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, AS Bopanna & Subhash Reddy, issued notice to the Centre, the State of Kerala and 12 other states impleaded in the petition filed by Advocate on record Vivek Narayan Sharma on behalf of Lawyer Shubham Awasthi which states…

• Pregnant Elephant Death: Police Arrests One Person in Connection with the Incident

  Kerala forest minister K Raju said that one person has been arrested in connection with the unfortunate incident in which a pregnant wild elephant suffered a painful death after consuming a fruit laced with explosives.…

• Animal Abuse: Pregnant Elephant Dies After Locals Feed her Cracker-Stuffed Pineapple

  A shameful incident showing the brutal reality of society has come from Kerala. In this state, locals have allegedly fed a pineapple stuffed with crackers to a pregnant elephant. After it, the pineapple exploded in its mouth & the elephant died.…