The body of a man trampled to death by a wild tusker at Urulanthanni in Kuttampuzha panchayat along the eastern suburbs of Ernakulam district on Monday (December 16, 2024) night was allowed to be moved from the scene of tragedy to the hospital by the protesting people only on Tuesday (December 17, 2024) around 2.30 … Read more
Piler MLA Nallari Kishore Kumar Reddy inspecting the area where an elephant herd attacked and killed a farmer Raja Reddy in Bandarlapalle village of Piler mandal in Annamayya district on Tuesday (October 15). | Photo Credit: HANDOUT In a shocking incident, a farmer was trampled to death by a herd of elephants at Bandarlapalle village … Read more
A 38-year-old person died after he was attacked by a wild tusker near Tanigebail in Tarikere taluk on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Akbar of Vartegundi. He is survived by his wife and two children. The incident happened even as Forest Department officials were engaged in efforts to drive away the tusker sighted … Read more
A wild tusker aged around 10 succumbed on January 1 (Monday), near Kumizhi, under the Muthanga forest range of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) to the injuries it had sustained when it was knocked down by a tourist bus on December 4. The elephant was knocked down by the speeding bus carrying Sabarimala pilgrims from … Read more
Wild elephant Arikompan is blindfolded before being loaded into a truck at Chinnakkanal in Idukki on April 29, 2023.. | Photo Credit: Jomon Pampavalley A day after they set out to capture and translocate wild tusker Arikompan, the members of the special task force of the Forest department succeeded in the mission after a gruelling … Read more