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Three wild elephants captured in four days
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Three wild elephants captured in four days

January 3, 2023

They had terrorised over 30 villages in Mysuru, Hunsur, K.R. Nagar belts Mysore/Mysuru: A wild tusker which had terrorised the villagers of Hunsur, Mysuru and K.R. Nagar taluk was captured inside the Arabithittu Reserve Forest near Bilikere yesterday. After going on a rampage in the hinterland and damaging standing crops and stored grains in over…

Two wild elephants electrocuted in Kodagu Coffee Estate
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Two wild elephants electrocuted in Kodagu Coffee Estate

July 26, 2022

Madikeri: Two wild elephants were electrocuted after they came in contact with an 11 KV power line passing through Attimangala Coffee Estate near Nelyahudikeri in the district. An 11 KV power line, passing above the coffee estate belonging to Koneriera Prakash and Mandepanda Suresh Changappa, had sagged to 5 ft. above the ground as tree…

Steel wire barrier project takes off at Nagarahole
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Steel wire barrier project takes off at Nagarahole

May 24, 2022

Tamil Nadu model effectively prevents wild elephants from entering human habitat The initiative of erecting steel wire fences on forest boundaries in Karnataka to prevent elephants and other wild animals from straying into farmlands has taken off in Nagarahole National Park and this is the first-of-its kind initiative in Karnataka. Steel wire fencing is a…

Woman suffers broken bones in wild elephant attack at Hanagod
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Woman suffers broken bones in wild elephant attack at Hanagod

April 27, 2022

Hanagod: A woman, who was tending her cattle, suffered broken bones, when one of the two wild elephants, which was running on hearing people screaming, knocked her down and stamped her leg in the process near Hadwalu Kere close to Haralahalli village on Tuesday afternoon. The injured woman is 55-year-old Puttalakshmamma of Haralahalli village. She…

Forest Minister Umesh Katti chairs high-level meeting in Bengaluru
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Forest Minister Umesh Katti chairs high-level meeting in Bengaluru

March 24, 2022

Holds discussions on elephant menace in Kodagu and problems of daily wagers in Hunsur Forest Dept. Madikeri/Hunsur: Problems pertaining to elephant menace in Kodagu and issues of daily wagers of Hunsur Forest Department were discussed by MLAs at a high-level meeting held with Forest Minister Umesh Katti in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah…

Four wild elephants radio-collared in Thithimathi Forest
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Four wild elephants radio-collared in Thithimathi Forest

February 23, 2022

Gonikoppa: The Forest Department officials have radio collared four wild elephants in Thithimathi yesterday and are on a look out to radio collar another elephant. The four wild elephants were radio collared after conducting operations at Abbur, Tarikatte, Hosahalli and Devarapura Devarakadu and the Forest officials have named these four wild elephants as Ananya, Akanksha,…

After trenches, solar fences, rail barricades, barbed wires and honeybee fences… Now, steel wires to stop jumbos from straying out of forests
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After trenches, solar fences, rail barricades, barbed wires and honeybee fences… Now, steel wires to stop jumbos from straying out of forests

February 15, 2022

Bengaluru: Be it elephant trenches, solar-powered fences, Railway track barricades, chilli-tobacco rope fences, barbed wires, honeybee fences, wild elephants have always outsmarted all methods tried by the Forest Department to keep them inside reserve forests, national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. Elephants have continued to stray into human habitats and over the years, human-elephant conflict has…

Wild elephants create havoc at Nagapura
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Wild elephants create havoc at Nagapura

February 11, 2022

Ten elephants driven back to forest last night Three other elephants come back this morning Hunsur: The Forest Department staff, who had driven a herd of 10 wild elephants back into the forest were in for a surprise after three other elephants, including a radio collared one entered Nagapura Tribal Hamlet after crossing the Veeranahosahalli…

Wild elephant kills villager at Veeranahosahalli forest range
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Wild elephant kills villager at Veeranahosahalli forest range

February 3, 2022

Over 2,000 villagers stage protest; Demand DCF or higher Forest officials to visit the spot Hunsur: A wild elephant has killed a 50-year-old man at Veeranahosahalli Forest Range in Nagarahole Reserve Forest at about 9 pm yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Rajesh, a resident of Kolavige village in Veeranahosahalli. Yesterday at about 9…

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