Mangaluru : Villagers of Singanur, Nandikadu Parla-Makki in Belthangady taluk bordering Chikkamagaluru district are an angry lot. A herd of elephants has been troubling them for the past one week and the forest department has done little to tackle the problem, claim villagers. On Monday night, a tusker and a herd went berserk and damaged […]

Sullia: A herd of eight elephants including three calves that were camping on the banks of river Payaswini at Basmadka for the last two days have returned to the forest leaving beside an ill calf. The Forest Department officials had tried to chase the elephants back to the forest by bursting crackers on Saturday night. […]

Gonikoppa: Three elephants including a mother and a calf that had come in search of food were found dead at Nalkeri near Srimangala on Thursday. The female elephant which was 35 year old along with its five month old calf died in the estate and a 25 year old male elephant died after falling into […]

Mangaluru: The Kerala’s Forest department has built concrete fences under Delampady Gram Panchayat limits on the Karnataka-Kerala border, to prevent the entry of wild elephants from Karnataka. It has used the grants provided by the Central government for the purpose. The 1.8-km-long fence is constructed to ensure that the elephants do not damage crops. However, […]

Napoklu : The herd of wild elephants has been roaming around Chelavara village for the last one month and has, in the recent days, entered Nelaji village. The villagers, who have been provoked by the negligence of Forest Department officials, vented their ire against the officials on Saturday. “Although the Department officials have been informed, […]

Midnapore : A group of three elephants wrought havoc across twenty villages of West Midnapore In West Bengal. Two people lost their lives in this incident. The three elephants lost their way from a nearby forest and entered Jagannathpur village. When the villagers tried to chase them away, the elephants went berserk  and attacked the […]

Chikkamagalur : Those who live near forests have to face wild animals and those that reside in market areas have to hear sounds, an adage says. The Lakkavalli Bhadra sanctuary near here has, if you don’t mind, leopards, and not elephants which destroy green gardens. But on Wednesday evening a herd (or pack) of leopards […]

Bangalore: Conservation experts heaved a sigh of relief today when the Govt changed its mind on night safari at Bannerghatta Park to avoid disturbing wild animals. They stated that the recent Cabinet reshuffle had made the govt. wiser on conservational matters. A bio-diversity expert, Harish Bhat said here that night safari could lead to man-animal  […]

Madikeri: Two elephants from Kodagu Dubare elephant training centre, Harsha and Vikrama, are included in the team of elephants going to Mysore for the Heritage (Banni Mantapa) procession on Vijaya dashami next. They would leave soon to be in Mysore, the Range Forest officer Chinnappa informed. The two tuskers have already taken part in the […]