Dramatic moment just shifted rogue elephant returns to Indian village

Description Chinna Thambi, the rogue elephant which was recently translocated to deep forests, has returned to human habitat.

The elephant entered Angalakurichi village near Pollachi on January 31 creating a new headache for forest officials.

Though villagers managed to drive it away by bursting crackers, Chinna Thambi has opted to stay on the outskirts of the village.

The forest department department officials had earlier captured and shifted the rogue elephant to Varakaliyar forest near Topslip.

But in less than a week Chinna Thambi found his way back to a village about 30 kms away from where he was left.

The elephant, which earlier lived in the Thadagam reserve forest, had become notorious for raiding crops and even homes looking for food.

Fed up with menace, local villagers had gone on protest forcing the forest department to act.

In a dramatic day-long operation on January 25, Chinna Thambi was tranquilised, tied up with ropes and then shifted to his new home on a truck.

And in less than a week, he has returned to prove that old habits die hard.

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Kumkis from MTR to tackle wild elephant

Udhagamandalam: Two kumkis from the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in the Nilgiris were sent to Uthamapalayam range in

Theni district on Tuesday to tackle a wild tusker, which was invading human habitat and causing damage to crops.

“A tusker has caused heavy damage to crops at Uthamapalayam for the past few weeks. The villagers there are too scared of

the jumbo. As directed by the chief wildlife warden, two kumkis, Wasim and Vijay of Theppakadu elephant camp, were sent to

tame the jumbo,” Shenbagapriya, deputy director of the MTR, told TOI. tnn

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Pachyderm woes worry villagers in Wokha

Dimapur, July 25 (EMN): Wild elephants entering human habitats in Wokha district have left behind a trail of destruction and fear. The public of stated area is reported to be living in constant fear, community organisations have informed.

A joint press release issued by the chairmen of Old Riphyim Village Council and New Riphyim Village Council, was received here on Wednesday. It stated that wild elephants have damaged paddy fields, and crops in said villages.

They have reported that a herd of about 20 wild Asian elephants was spotted by villagers at an area called Tchukhum, located at a quarry a few kilometres away from a helipad, on the morning of July 23.

The incident is stated to have happened close on the heels of a report by a district committee about the loss of human life and damage to crops and properties by wild animals.

The villages reported that the presence of wild elephants in their only cultivable land and forest was becoming a threat to the lives of the people in the area. It is causing frustration among the farming community of Old and New Riphyim villages, it informed. It was reported that wild elephants had been venturing closer to human settlements every year, and posing a threat to humans and the elephants alike.

A district forest officer said that the area was badly affected. The source informed that the same herd of elephants had been around for a while in the area because there are “many things to eat in the fields,” the source said when contacted.

While acknowledging the plight of the people, the source said it was impossible to ‘take the elephants away in such a terrain.’ It was informed that partial funding was given to the affected farmers from ‘Project Elephant,’ which is a project that caters to elephant reserves.

The officer asserted that the matter was not an ‘elephant menace’ but a ‘human-elephant conflict.’ “There is a need to do a lot more for this issue especially in Wokha as 50% of elephants in Nagaland is in this district,” the source said.

Cultivation and plantations in the vicinity are not safe and piggery and dairy farm projects have been abandoned also because of the fear of elephants, it was informed.

As the majority of the population there are cultivators, it stated, they depend solely on farming and green produce for livelihood. With the crops on the verge of being harvested, there seems to be a growing apprehension among the farmers that their crops would be damaged by the elephants unless the government takes measures, the statement added.

The villagers have appealed to the Nagaland government to offer compensation for the loss caused by the elephants. The authorities have been urged to assess the impact of the issue on farmers.

In the country, it is informed that nearly 350 deaths occur every year due to man-elephant conflict. According to a report of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, over 12000 hectares were reportedly damaged during 2013-14.

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'Won’t use spikes to drive jumbos to forest'l

The Karnataka government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that spikes would no longer
be used to drive away elephants straying into human habitat.

The Centre, also informed the top court, that instructions had been issued to all the principal
chief conservators of forest (PCCFs) concerned to desist from using any method that tortures
the elephants.

A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta ordered stay on the tenders issued by
West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha to obtain spikes for the purpose.

Advocate Anitha Shenoy, appearing for the Karnataka government, said she had instructions
that all spikes obtained through tenders would be discarded. Henceforth, spikes or any such
method would not be used to drive away elephants.

“We direct that any existing tender will remain stayed,” the bench said. “Wherever spikes or
fireballs are used for driving away elephants, remedial steps should be taken by the states
concerned for removing the spikes and desisting from using fireballs,” the bench said.

The court was hearing a petition by conservationist Prerna Singh Bindra and others on checking
elephant deaths, curbing human-animal conflict and maintaining elephant corridors across India.

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Abandoned elephant calf to be shifted to camp in Shivamogga

The male calf had strayed into human habitat a few days ago with seven other elephants. As the calf was suffering from dehydration, the herd left it, they said.

"We waited for two days expecting the herd to take the calf back. Yesterday, the other elephants tried to carry it, but their efforts failed," Manjunath, a forest official said.

Under normal circumstances, the adult elephants would return to take care of their calf. In this case, they didn't, he added.

The forest department personnel administered nine bottles of glucose to the calf on April 8, and 11 bottles yesterday.

The calf was not taking any food, hence it was being moved to Sakkarebailu, they added.


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Stranded elephant calf finds new home at Sakkarebailu camp

MANGALURU: The eight-month old elephant calf that was left stranded by the herd due to dehydration near the Payaswini river bank near Basmadaka in Sullia , was being shifted to the elephant camp at Sakkarebailu in Shivamogga by Forest Department officials on Monday.The calf had strayed into human habitat a few days ago with seven other elephants.

However, as this calf was dehydrated, the herd could not take it back despite best efforts.“We waited for two days thinking the herd would come back to take the male calf.

We suspect it has rejected the calf as it would hinder their movement.

The other elephants put in lot of efforts for the first two days to carry the calf along.

However, they did not succeed.

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Jumbo herd leave behind dehydrated calf in Sullia

Mangaluru: A herd of wild elephants from a nearby reserve forest have sneaked into villages of Sullia taluk, triggering panic among locals in the area.A herd of eight elephants have made their way to the bank of the Payaswini river near Basmadaka in Sullia taluk, about 90 kilometres from here.

According to locals, the elephants have appeared after a gap of two years.

They say the elephants may have come from the Medinadka reserve forest.Meanwhile, forest officials are making desperate attempts to chase the elephants back into the jungle.

Officials say that elephants entered human habitat three days ago.

The herd consist of five calves.

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20-year-old elephant found dead

Erode: A 20-year-old female elephant was found dead in an elephant proof trench near Sathyamangalam forest here on Monday evening.

According to forest officials, the elephant and its three-year-old calf were roaming at Pavalakkuttai village near Sathyamangalam forest. “They tried to enter into an agriculture field. But the mother elephant fell into the elephant proof trench, which was dug to prevent elephants from entering into human habitat, and sustained injuries. The elephant was already suffering from intestinal worms,” said a forest officer.

The farm owner, M Badrinath, 41, informed the forest department. “The elephant could not come out and died on the spot,” said the officer.

The carcass was taken out of the pit on Monday evening. But due to bad light, the postmortem was conducted only on Tuesday morning. The carcass was later buried inside the forest.

Meanwhile, when the carcass was brought up on Monday evening, the calf refused to move away from the mother and jabbed it with the trunk. The officials, at last, chased the calf away into the forest.

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