Sakleshpur: After rescue operation that lasted two days an elephant that had accidentally fallen into a slush pit at a coffee estate was reunited with its calf here at Kadagaravalli village in Hassan district on Tuesday, November 27. It was heart-wrenching for the calf see its mother struggling to come out of the pit for […]
Mangaluru: A wild elephant and a calf were run over by a goods train at Kaginahare — between Sakleshpur and Subramanya — in the taluk on Sunday night. According to the railway police, the jumbos were on a bridge when the train hit them around 8.30 pm on Sunday. The rail route passes through the […]
Mangaluru: Sullia taluk in Dakshina Kannada adjoining Western Ghats has been witnessing frequent elephant intrusions leading to loss of property and threat to human life. To check elephant attacks, the forest department has decided to dig trenches along the Western Ghat borders in the taluk this year. While 41 people have died in the state […]
Madikeri: The Forest Department has been trying hard to check man-animal conflict in its area, yet, 27 people have lost their lives in the last three years in Kodagu. Wild elephants have been creating havoc in the villages bordering the forests, with both farmers and coffee planters finding it difficult to save their crops. The […]
Sullia : In a tragic incident reported, a wild elephant attacked two bikers at Bisile ghat near Kukke Subrahmanya on Friday morning. Pillion rider Ganesh was killed on the spot while rider Sunil suffered severe injuries and was rushed to a hospital. It is said that the duo was from Hassan.
Mysore : While making an elephant carry a 750-kg howdah during Jamboo Savari is being described as a ‘tradition’ and an ‘integral part’ of Dasara, history shows that different formats of the procession were followed in the past. This has prompted animal lovers and animal rights organisations to contend that the tradition was a recent […]
Mangalore : Durgaparameshwari and Prashanth, two elephants from the Pilikula Nisargadhama in the outskirts of Mangalore will take part in the Mysore Dasara celebrations. Both the elephants are now on a practice session at Dubare elephant camp. If Durga Parameshwari is 26 years old, prashanth is 28. Durgaparameshwari has a three year old baby elephant […]
Kathmandu : Two people, including a child, were killed when an elephant went on rampage in a Nepal village on Sunday. The elephant killed Upendra Mahato, 30, and two-and-half-year-old Hiriya Mahato at Haripur-1 in Sarlahi district, around 230 km from here, reports Xinhua. While Upendra was attacked and killed in his field, Hiriya was killed […]
Mumbai : Ganeshotsav pandals in Mumbai are ready to welcome the elephant-headed God. As the veil lifts across big and small mandals during Ganeshotsav, pandal-hoppers are expected to throng certain venues, partly owing to their lavish themes or simply their wish-fulfilment quotient. Take this pandal for instance. The Ganpati idol at the Gaud Saraswat Brahmin […]
