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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…

Wild tusker which had created fear around Mysuru captured
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Wild tusker which had created fear around Mysuru captured

January 1, 2023

This is the second elephant to be captured in 24 hours Mysore/Mysuru: A wild tusker, which had created panic in Mysuru surroundings was captured successfully by the Forest Department personnel yesterday and has been released in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve Forest. This is one among the two wild elephants that had created panic in Mysuru surroundings…

Wild tusker destroys railway barricades, enters villages near Nagarahole
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Wild tusker destroys railway barricades, enters villages near Nagarahole

October 24, 2021

Forest staff burst crackers, drive elephant back to forest Hunsur:  A wild tusker has destroyed the railway barricades installed near Nagapura bordering Nagarahole Reserve Forest and entered Bharathawadi and Veeranahosahalli villages causing tense moments yesterday morning. The tusker, after entering Bharathawadi, has destroyed ginger and pumpkin crops grown in the field of Girish and Shashikala…

Woman trampled to death by Jumbo
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Woman trampled to death by Jumbo

March 21, 2020

H.D. Kote:  In an early morning incident, an elderly woman was trampled to death by a wild tusker near Kallambalu in Sargur taluk. Mahadevamma (65), wife of Kalappa, of Kallambalu is the victim. Mahadevamma, as usual went to her farmland that borders a forest, at 6.30 am today, when a tusker which had strayed into…

Illegal electric fence claims Tusker’s life
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Illegal electric fence claims Tusker’s life

March 4, 2020

Hanur: A wild tusker was electrocuted after it came in contact with an illegal fence to which power was drawn illegally to protect the crops. The incident took place on World Wildlife Day yesterday at B.M. Halli in Hanur taluk. Chikkamallaiah of the village had erected a fence around his agricultural field and had illegally…

Wild tusker rams into car, injures 50-year-old man
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Wild tusker rams into car, injures 50-year-old man

January 22, 2020

Hanagod: A wild tusker that has been wreaking havoc in Hunsur since a week has damaged a Maruti car and injured a person seriously. He was siting inside his car at Nerale Kuppe village this morning. The injured is 50-year-old Shankar. Shankar was sitting inside the car (KA-05-M-4862) parked in front of the farm house…

Injured wild tusker dies in Kodagu
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Injured wild tusker dies in Kodagu

August 18, 2018

Madikeri:  The injured wild elephant at Aanekaadu Elephant Camp near Kushalnagar is dead. It died this morning due to severe infection on its right forelimb. It may be recalled here that Star of Mysore had published a report on the injured elephant on Aug.11 under the title “Tusker in trouble: Forest officials in Kodagu  grapple…

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