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conservation
West Bengal Forest Dept To Introduce Rubber Strips On National Highway To Control Elephant Deaths
2020-09-22
- Siliguri, India. Tarak Sarkar
The West Bengal Forest Department has taken steps to introduce rubber strips on the National Highway, state highway and the Asian Highway in the North Bengal region to control elephant deaths. The forest department has taken this initiative after a meeting headed by the state forest minister in the presence of representatives from railway, electricity, highway, tea gardens, and other related departments.
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death
Elephant calf found dead, foresters suspect poisoning
2010-09-07
- Siliguri, India.
Foresters of the Kurseong division on Friday recovered the carcass of a four-year-old male elephant calf from Simulbari Tea Estate near Sukna, near Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. Officials suspect the elephant died on Thursday night due to poisoning. The carcass was found on a spot where Guatemala grass had been planted to make the land suitable for tea plantation. Primary investigation suggested that the garden authorities had sprinkled pesticide on the grass, which the elephant might have consu...
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death
Elephant found dead in Darjeeling
2010-08-27
- Siliguri, India.
A four-year-old tusker was found dead in a tea garden in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district Friday, forest officials said. The elephant’s body was found in Simulbari tea garden in Siliguri sub division. Preliminary investigation revealed that the elephant died of poisoning after possibly having eaten plants treated with fertlisers. However, a final conclusion could be drawn only after the viscera report arrived, said a forest official.
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abstract
Elephant holds up rail traffic.- Train engine damaged
2010-08-19
- Siliguri, India.
An adult elephant blocked railway tracks passing through Mahananda wildlife sanctuary two times today and damaged a train engine. The drama unfolded between Sevoke and Gulma stations around 9.45am when the driver of a passenger train that was on way to New Jalpaiguri from Alipurduar noticed the adult makna (male without tusks) standing on the tracks.
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conflict
Wild elephants damage tea garden in Siliguri
2009-12-13
- Siliguri, India.
A herd of 20 wild elephants damaged a tea garden in the Dooars region here on Saturday. The jumbos were first sighted by tealeaf pluckers on Saturday morning. The elephants came in from the nearby forest. They were roaming around in the tea garden and also uprooted plants. They were chased from the other side as they came in here, said Niranjan Roy, a resident.
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medical
Forest watch on injured elephant
2009-02-24
- Siliguri, India.
An injured makna (male elephant without tusks) roaming the forest of Apalchand near Malbazar has put the forest staff on alert. The 9.5ft tall elephant is around 30-35 years old and has been spotted in Compartment IV of the forest, 50km from here, with injuries on its left knee and shoulder. “We had informed the wildlife wing which sent us two trained elephants and two vets,” said Sailesh Anand, the divisional forest officer of Baikunthapur.
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death
Elephant killed by goods train in West Bengal
2008-10-05
- Siliguri, India.
An elephant was killed by a goods train near Rajabhat Khawo area of the Bauxa Tiger Reserve Forest of Cooch Bihar District of West-Bengal on early Sunday morning. According to the forest officials, while crossing the railway track, the elephant collided with the speeding train. The animal was crossing the forest from 21, basti area of the forestland to the other part of the forest. It died soon after colliding with the train. As a result of the accident, two coaches of the train were also derail...
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death
Wild elephant shot again
2008-06-23
- Siliguri, India.
Yet another Indian wild elephant was killed in Nepal. This time, it's a 40-year old female pachyderm that has succumbed to bullet injuries allegedly inflicted by the Nepal police in the eastern district of Jhapa adjacent to the Siliguri sub-division. According to Ms Sumita Ghatak, the divisional forest officer, Mahananda Wildlife Division - I in Siliguri, a herd of nearly 80 Indian elephants had strayed into Nepal from the Kalabari forests near Naxalbari in Siliguri last night but were brought b...
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death
Elephant found dead in Noam range
2008-05-18
- Siliguri, India.
The decomposed body of an adult elephant was today found at Ponorogharia area near Oodlabari in the Dooars. The spot is in Lethi-I forest of Noam range in the Kalimpong forest division. According to the Kalimpong divisional forest manager, Mr Ompraksah, a forest patrolling party from the Noam range discovered the carcass of a female elephant early this morning. The eight feet long pachyderm was found lying on the track inside the Lethi forest and the body was partially decomposed.
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accident
Elephant kills woman
2007-12-06
- Siliguri, India.
Wild elephant trampled a 60-year old lady to death at Mongpong Bhanga Basti under the Rambhi police station in Kalimpong subdivision last night. The deceased, Guma Devi Khadke was trodden by the tusker after she failed to escape the foray into her house at about 11 pm. The wild elephant also ravaged three hutments at the village before going back into the nearby forest from where it had arrived. The death of the aged lady sparked off an agitation in the area as no police or forest officials reac...
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conflict
2007-11-29
- SILIGURI, India.
The villagers of Dabgram, Salugara, Fabri and Bedgara villages adjacent to Eastern Bypass in Siliguri, are spending sleepless nights because of a scattered herd of 22 wild elephants. The pachyderm raids are keeping the forest officials deputed in these localities wide awake as well since they are finding it difficult to keep the beasts at bay. Last night, a group of four wild elephants, entered the village of Fabri and ravaged three huts. They also destroyed a sizeable volume of crops. No one wa...
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death
Elephant calf dead
2007-07-19
- SILIGURI, India.
An elephant calf was found dead on the bank of the Reti river at Dalgaon in the Dooars today. Locals spotted the two-year-old female calf lying by the Reti riverbed early this morning and intimated the forest officials. Officials from the Dalgaon forest range rushed to the spot and they later declared the calf dead after a thorough check-up. Later, with assistance from the state veterinary department, forest officials conducted a postmortem of the carcass.
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relocation
Baby elephant washed away by a river rescued and returned to herd not taken back, because of stink of man
2007-07-18
- Siliguri, India.
Villagers alerted forest officials this morning seeing the baby being split from elders by the Balason near Marianbarie Tea Estate. The baby was sent to the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, about 140km away, escorted by a veterinary surgeon. It would be kept at the pilkahana — where trained elephants are housed.
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death
Train kills another elephant in north Bengal
2007-04-11
- SILIGURI, India. Statesman News Service
A bull elephant was killed in a hit-by-a-train accident near the Atiabari Tea Estate level crossing in the Buxa Tiger Reserve (West division) early this morning. It was the seventh pachyderm to die in similar circumstances ever since the stretch between Siliguri and Alipurdar underwent gauge conversion four years ago.
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conflict
Elephants trigger panic at Atal TE
2006-11-04
- SILIGURI, India.
A group of 17 elephants walked into the Atal Tea Estate plantation on the outskirts of Siliguri last night without signs of moving out. Although the elephants have not caused any damage so far, their presence has robbed the locals of their sleep. On 23 October, a group of 13 elephants had ambled into the same plantation causing serious concern among the workers. Forest department officials, after a lot of effort, managed to drive away the pachyderms to the nearby forests on that occasion.
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conflict
Elephant mence in North Bengal, one killed, two injured
2006-10-24
- Siliguri, India.
A herd of over 100 elephants went on a rampage in the Terai and Dooars region of North Bengal killing a girl and injuring two others, officials said here today. The elephants also partly demolished a heritage temple and destroyed standing crops, they said. A 19 year girl was trampled to death by a wild elephant while she was returning home from a Kali puja pandal on Saturday. Her friend who was accompanying her was also attacked by the elephant. She has been admitted to the North Bengal Medical ...
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smuggle
West Bengal police seize eight kg of ivory
2005-04-25
- Siliguri, India.
The West Bengal Police have arrested one person and recovered six pieces of ivory worth more than 8,000 dollars from him. Bhushan Roy was arrested when police sent a decoy team to strike a deal on the outskirts of Siliguri town in Darjeeling district. Police said ivory pieces weighed 7.9 kilograms and would fetch more than 8,000 dollars in the international market.
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death
Elephant found dead in sanctuary
2005-01-06
- Siliguri, India.
A 40-year-old female elephant was found dead in Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, which is situated in the outskirts of Siliguri in Dargeeling district.
According to post mortem conducted, the elephant died due to a pathological disorder, which rules out the possibility of it being the victim of a hunting spree.
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18 Headlines about Elephants from Siliguri 2020-09-22 - Siliguri, India - West Bengal Forest Dept To Introduce Rubber Strips On National Highway To Control Elephant Deaths
2010-09-07 - Siliguri, India - Elephant calf found dead, foresters suspect poisoning
2010-08-27 - Siliguri, India - Elephant found dead in Darjeeling
2010-08-19 - Siliguri, India - Elephant holds up rail traffic.- Train engine damaged
2009-12-13 - Siliguri, India - Wild elephants damage tea garden in Siliguri
2009-02-24 - Siliguri, India - Forest watch on injured elephant
2008-10-05 - Siliguri, India - Elephant killed by goods train in West Bengal
2008-06-23 - Siliguri, India - Wild elephant shot again
2008-05-18 - Siliguri, India - Elephant found dead in Noam range
2007-12-06 - Siliguri, India - Elephant kills woman
2007-11-29 - SILIGURI, India -
2007-07-19 - SILIGURI, India - Elephant calf dead
2007-07-18 - Siliguri, India - Baby elephant washed away by a river rescued and returned to herd not taken back, because of stink of man
2007-04-11 - SILIGURI, India - Train kills another elephant in north Bengal
2006-11-04 - SILIGURI, India - Elephants trigger panic at Atal TE
2006-10-24 - Siliguri, India - Elephant mence in North Bengal, one killed, two injured
2005-04-25 - Siliguri, India - West Bengal police seize eight kg of ivory
2005-01-06 - Siliguri, India - Elephant found dead in sanctuary
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death
Mali, the Philippines’ lone elephant, dies after more than 4 decades
2023-11-28
- Manila, Philippines.
Mali, the country’s lone elephant, confined in a Manila Zoo enclosure for over four decades, died on Tuesday. In a social media address, Manila Mayor Honey Lacuña said Vishwamali, commonly known as...
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Four-year-old elephant dies in zoo - herpes virus
2023-11-23
- Hamburg, Germany.
A young elephant at Hagenbeck Zoo has died within just two days, probably due to a herpes virus infection. Despite constant monitoring and treatment by the zoo vets, all measures were unsuccessful, th...
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medical
Maryland Zoo Elephant Survives Deadly Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus
2023-11-21
- Baltimore, United States.
Thanks to early detection and intensive therapy, the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, Md., announced that its 15-year-old African bull elephant, Samson, has survived an episode of a strain of the Elephant E...
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conference
19th International Elephant Conservation and Research Symposium
2023-11-14
- Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The International Elephant Foundation, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Chiang Mai University, the National Elephant Institute, and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Kasetsart University happily an...
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birth
Critically endangered Sumatran elephant born in Indonesia
2023-11-13
- Way Kambas, Indonesia.
A critically endangered Sumatran elephant was born in western Indonesia over the weekend, according to officials, weighing about 108 kilograms (238 pounds), the yet-to-be-named male calf was born at ...
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death
Donna, Saint Louis Zoo elephant, euthanized after health decline
2023-11-10
- , United States.
Donna, an Asian elephant at the Saint Louis Zoo, was euthanized Thursday morning after her health saw a rapid decline, the zoo announced. She was 52. Donna was born in the wild and arrived at the zoo ...
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relocation
Cincinnati Zoo’s Asian Elephant Herd Just Got a Lot Bigger!
2023-11-08
- Cincinnati, United States.
Four Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), two adult females and their young male calves, arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden on Sunday, November 5. The new elephants, SheRa, Kabir, Anak, an...
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welfare
Pakistan’s Last Female African Elephant to Be Relocated from Karachi Zoo
2023-11-03
- Karachi, Pakistan.
International animal welfare organization FOUR PAWS has initiated efforts to relocate Madhubala from Karachi Zoo to Safari Park, where she will join fellow elephants Sonia and Malika. A training sessi...
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death
Elephant collapses, dies while training at elephant camp at Bandipur Tiger Reserve
2023-11-01
- Bandipur, India. Vartha Bharati
In a tragic incident, an elephant named Vinayaka, also known as Akkiraja, residing at the Rampura elephant camp in the Bandipur tiger reserve, passed away on Tuesday. The sudden demise occurred after ...
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death
The Elephant Sanctuary announces the passing of African elephant Jana
2023-10-25
- Hohenwald, United States.
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee announces the passing of African elephant Jana at the age of 43. Jana was The Sanctuary’s 31st resident. In recent weeks, Jana's declining health and reduced mobi...
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birth
In rare incident, female elephant Netravathi delivers baby on Dasara procession day
2023-10-24
- Shivamogga, India.
In a rare incident, Netravathi, a female elephant, which had been brought from the Sakrebaiu camp to Shivamogga, for the Jumboo Savari to be held on Vijayadashami festival day (today), delivered a fem...
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conference
44th Annual EMA conference
2023-10-02
- Fort Worth, United States.
The Elephant Managers Association (EMA) is proud to announce the dates for our 44th annual conference, hosted by both the Fort Worth Zoo and Dallas Zoo on October 2 to 5, 2023. The conference will inc...
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death
Oldest captive elephant in Malaysia dies
2023-09-10
- Temerloh, Malaysia.
The female elephant, which died at the Kuala Gandah National Elephant Conservation Centre (PKGK) in Lanchang, was brought to the country from Assam, India in 1974. Lokimala was brought to this country...
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birth
Nong Nooch Pattaya celebrates fourth elephant birth this year
2023-08-28
- Pattaya, Thailand.
Following Thai tradition, the offspring of Pang Sarai, 22, and Plai Ningnong, 27, was named ‘Plai Boonmak,’ symbolizing ‘Abundant Merit.’ This ceremony expressed heartfelt wishes for the well-...
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misc
Baby elephant at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo officially named
2023-08-26
- Omaha, United States.
The baby elephant at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo officially has a name; Amandra. Pronounced “ah-MON-dra,” the name means “strong woman.” The zoo said it was chosen by a donor and their family. ...
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death
Melbourne Zoo herd grieving after nine-year-old elephant dies
2023-08-24
- Melbourne, Australia.
Melbourne Zoo’s nine-year-old elephant Man Jai has died after a sudden illness. The Asian elephant was diagnosed with an incurable disease on Monday after zookeepers noticed lethargy and swelling in...
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event
Preparations At Palace To House Dasara Elephants
2023-08-22
- Mysore, India.
Preparations are in full swing at the Mysore Palace premises ahead of the arrival of the Dasara elephants. The jumbos will camp here for approximately two months, undergoing training and consuming nut...
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misc
Poisoned watermelon given to elephant
2023-08-21
- Kataragama, Sri Lanka.
An individual who fed a poisoned watermelon to an elephant called “ Asela” of the Kataragama Abhinawarama temple was taken into custody by the Kataragama police on saturday. However, Veterinary S...
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conservation
How elephant populations are being controlled using contraceptives
2023-08-21
- Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Contraceptives are now being successfully used to prevent elephant overpopulation in South Africa. Approximately 75% of all breeding-age female elephants outside of the greater Kruger National Park ha...
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birth
Baby Elephant Born at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo
2023-08-21
- Sapporo, Japan.
19-year-old Asian elephant Pearl and her newborn baby stand together at the Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo. According to the zoo, this is the first time in Japan that an Asian elephant has been born ...
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