A herd of six elephants, which had come out of Nagarahole Reserve Forest, raided the agricultural fields at Penjahalli, Nagapura and Hosur villages and destroyed the crops last night. The herd, which tried to go back to the forest at the break of dawn today, panicked on seeing villagers and entered a canal to cross…
Rajeshwari unchained ! Elephant naughtiness on full display at Mysore Palace
September 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: There are many types of elephants: polite, naughty, and nice just like humans. They have their own set of emotions and elephants are highly intelligent beings with a good memory. Like humans, they crave attention and companionship and leave no opportunity to display their naughtiness. Elephant naughtiness was on full display yesterday inside the…
Four Palace elephants to be rehabilitated in Gujarat
September 19, 2021Forest Department begins process; animals were part of Palace elephant safari Mysore/Mysuru: Four out of six female elephants from the Mysore Palace will be shifted to a rehabilitation centre in Gujarat. The elephants are stationed inside the Palace and are being taken care of by the erstwhile Mysore royal family. A letter in this regard…
When elephant rampage caused terror 10 years ago
June 8, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Early in the morning on June 8, 2011, two elephants charged through the streets of Mysuru and damaged cars. Several people were injured in the panic and one man, a security guard at an ATM, was killed by an elephant and the jumbo then gored a cow to death. The elephants had got separated…
How SMART Jumbos OUTSMART Forest Staff
May 26, 2021Elephants cross Railway track barricades with ease and dexterity Mysore/Mysuru: You may have heard that elephants are among the smartest of all animals and these elephants proved it when they managed to cross the Railway track barricade that was between its way from the forest to villages where juicy crops are readily available to eat. …
Iron railing kills jumbo
November 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a wild tusker died after it was caught in iron railing erected to prevent the elephants from straying out of wild in Nadaahadi Beat of Moleyur Range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Tuesday. According to information reaching here, the incident occurred when a jumbo, after grazing on the standing crops…
Researchers find symptoms of stress in captive elephants
August 22, 2019Scientists from CCMB Hyderabad examine jumbos at Mysuru Zoo and Elephant Camps “Elephants involved in public procession in Mysuru Dasara festival had significantly elevated stress hormones compared to their counterparts at Mysuru Zoo,” the research group said. Mysuru: If tigers can get stressed due to gawking safari tourists close by, can elephants be far behind?…
Elephants caught in slush rescued
April 11, 2019Virajpet: A herd of five elephants including a calf, which were caught in the slush at a lake in the estate of one Karineravanda Aiyappa at Palangala village near Virajpet, have been rescued by the Forest Department personnel. The herd, which had come to quench its thirst, had got stuck in the slush and was…
Pet Talk
March 13, 2019In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka talks about housing requirements, nutrient requirements of elephants By Maneka Gandhi Are Indian elephants endangered? The Indian elephant population is between 20,000 and 25,000 in the wild. This means severely endangered, specially because there are less than 1,000 male tuskers left. The selective elimination of the male due to…
Forest Dept. given permission to capture 4 elephants in Kodagu
March 20, 2018Madikeri: The State Government has given permission to capture four elephants for creating havoc by killing human beings and destroying crops. DFO Manjunath said that the operation to capture the four elephants will be taken up soon. Speaking to SOM, the DFO said that directions have been given to capture two rogue elephants each in…
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