2 elephant carcasses found in Karnataka

MANGALURU: Two elephant calves – eight-month-old and another about 18-month-old, were found dead beside the railway tracks deep inside the Shiradi Ghat forest, 10 km from Yedakumeri railway station towards Sakleshpur in Karnataka, on Monday morning.

Forest officials suspect that the calves may have been hit by a train, probably goods train, late on Sunday night while they were trying to cross the tracks near a bridge or while straying beside the track.


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Eight elephants died of poisoning in Assam in 2018: Forest Minister Pramila Rani Brahma

Eight elephants had been killed by poisoning in the State this year, State Environment and Forest Minister Pramila Rani Brahma informed the Assembly on Thursday while presenting the data on man-elephant conflict.

This was six more than the number of elephants killed in 2016-17, according to the Minister.

Patches of paddy fields drenched with common pesticides claimed 26 jumbos in Sonitpur district in 2002 – but wildlife activists have found a fairly new method of killing the animals by poisoning rice beer or fermented rice for producing liquor.

Many villages in Assam use rice to make liquor, for which the State government wants geographical indication tag. Elephants that raid villages are known to develop a taste for this liquor.

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Bamboo fences around wells to prevent jumbos from falling into them

Five of these 41 elephants have died.The forests adjoining Athmalik, Athgarh, Dhenkanal and Cuttack are 'elephant-rich' in forester's terms. "But the very fact that they are around the wells will help elephants know from a distance that there is a physical barrier. We will mix both and raise a fence, four to five feet above the ground," Samantra said.He clarified that any fence - wooden or concrete - can be damaged by elephants. The elephants won't be caught unawares upon coming close to the wells. These same animals also face dangers stemming from human mistakes, like the threat of abandoned wells.Divisional forest officer (Athmalik) Samyak Samantra said creating these wooden barriers involves only the cost of labour.

BHUBANESWAR: To save elephants from falling into abandoned wells, the forest department in the Athmalik division has decided to construct wooden bamboo fences around such wells.Wells that have dried up and are no longer in use pose a major threat to the pachyderms as they cannot gauge their depth and fall in them, resulting in as many as 41 cases of elephants having been injured from falling into unused wells since 2012.

Five of these 41 elephants have died.The forests adjoining Athmalik, Athgarh, Dhenkanal and Cuttack are 'elephant-rich' in forester's terms.

In these regions, elephant herds create havoc in human habitations, damage crops and destroy houses.

These same animals also face dangers stemming from human mistakes, like the threat of abandoned wells.Divisional forest officer (Athmalik) Samyak Samantra said creating these wooden barriers involves only the cost of labour.

"We have bamboo that are cut and pruned to allow further growth.

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Man held with tusks

A 28-year-old man was arrested today after he was found in possession of two tusks, which he had allegedly removed from a dead elephant a week ago near Gudalur, some 80 km from here, officials said.

Forest department officials noticed that the tusks of the 10-year-old elephant, which was found dead in Devala, were missing and launched a search to nab the poachers.

On information that one Manikandan was reportedly trying to sell the tusks, officials nabbed him this morning, officials said.

The officials recovered the tusks, which was buried in a farm and produced Manikandan before a local court, which remanded him to custody.

A search is on for the owner of the farm, they said.

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15 people killed by a wild elephant in India

NEW DELHI: An elephant that has killed 15 individuals in eastern India over a months-in length frenzy could be shot inside days in the event that it is not brought under control, an authority said Wednesday.

Wildlife officers and hunters amassed in Jharkhand after another casualty was trampled to death Tuesday evening, the state’s main backwoods and untamed life conservator L.R. Singh told AFP.

The rebel elephant smashed four casualties in Bihar state in March before intersection into neighboring Jharkhand and slaughtering 11 more.

“Villagers are living in fear, particularly the Paharia tribe that lives on the upper hillier locales where the elephant wanders. Something must be done,” Singh stated, alluding to one of the poorest indigenous tribal groups in eastern India.

“We have a group of specialists and hunters here with us. We are conceptualizing an answer… one of them is to shoot the creature. In any case, that is the final resort and we will accept a bring in a day or two.”

The raiding elephant likely meandered from its crowd and ended up plainly lost, straying into towns where the killings occurred.

Elephants kill around 60 individuals consistently in forested Jharkhand, Singh stated, only a small amount of the evaluated 1,100 who passed on across the nation from elephant or tiger assaults in the three years to May.

The Environment ministry estimates an individual dies each day in India in conflicts with these jeopardized, wilderness abiding animals – by far most pulverized by elephants.

Rough encounters amongst elephants and people were increasing, said Singh, as immense swathes of timberland are cleared for human settlements or industry.

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Kerala turns ‘unsafe’ for captive elephants

Ailments, torture, lack of care, and medical negligence are taking a toll on captive elephants, claim animal rights activists. The death of four animals in the past three weeks has taken the death toll of captive elephants to 14 this year.

The latest being Thripunithura Poornathrayeesan Narayanan, which died on Tuesday at Kokkarni Parambu, Thrissur, where elephants of the Cochin Devaswam Board (CDB) are tethered.

“It had no teeth and had been starving for the past 60 days. The elephant was tethered in dirty surroundings without veterinary care,” alleged V.K. Venkitachalam, secretary, Heritage Animal Task Force.

Another elephant, Periyanampetta Parameswaran, 38, died inside the Periyanampetta temple complex, near Ottappalam, two days ago. Though the elephant had injuries in its hind legs, it was forced to stand on granite floor, the task force complained in a letter to the Director of Project Elephant, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).

Elephant Junior Achuthan, 28, of the Guruvayur Devaswom died on June 7 and Aranmula Parthasarathy, 48, of the Travancore Devaswom, died on June 22.

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Elephant electrocuted

A wild adult elephant has died after coming in contact with a high voltage wire dangling low above the ground in a forest area under Sonapur range.

According to sources, a group of elephants were seen moving around in residential areas at Bejni in search of food during the last few days. Local people found the dead jumbo this morning and informed to the forest department. After the post-mortem examinations, the pachyderm was buried on the spot.

The local people have alleged that the elephant’s death was a result of the negligence of authorities of the forest and electricity departments.

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Three jumbos electrocuted in Dhenkanal forest division

BHUBANESWAR: Three female elephants, including a six-month-old calf, were electrocuted at Borapada forest in Dhenkanal forest division on Saturday morning. Their carcasses were found about 12km from Dhenkanal town.

Forest officials said the two other dead elephants include a six-year old sub-adult and a 22-year old adult one. The pachyderms reportedly came in contact with a hanging electric cable near a defunct iron grill- making unit resulting in their instant death.

This is the second incident of electrocution in three days.

"Two days ago, an elephant was electrocuted at Betonati range in Baripada forest division. The carcasses were found very close to hanging cables. There were clear signs of the elephant dying of electrocution. We had intimated the power department asking them to fix the sagging wires," said Sudarshan Panda, the regional chief conservator of forests (Angul). The carcasses will be buried after their visceral samples are taken by a veterinary doctor, he added.

It must be noted that Dhenkanal boasts of 164 resident elephants, the second highest among the 50 forest divisions in the state. Mayurbhanj district has the highest number of resident elephants.
But 41 elephants have died in different forest divisions of the state in the past six months, said officials of the forest department.

"The three dead elephants belonged to a herd of 32 jumbos in the district. They were seen frequenting the area for fodder over the past one month," said a senior wildlife officer.

Biswajit Mohanty, the secretary of the Wildlife Society of Odisha (WSO), said, "The electric wire was only four feet from the ground. It is a dangerous trend. Human lives could have been lost" said Mohanty.

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