2009-04-26 - Shillong, India.
Meghalaya Forest Department today blamed the depletion of forest cover for the increasing man-elephant conflict in the state. At least 15 people have been killed by marauding pachyderms in the state in the last five years. " Despite efforts by the forest department, there has been no significant improvement in the constant depletion of forest cover due to the practice of Jhum cultivation in the Garo hills region of the state," Meghalaya Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) V K Nau...
2008-04-18 - Shillong, India.
It is a long wait for the families of victims of elephant attacks in Meghalaya. As if losing a loved one to an elephant attack is not enough, the families have to wait for years to get a meagre Rs 1 lakh from the government. Saleng Sangma, a Congress legislator from the elephant-infested Dalmagiri area of West Garo Hills, told the Assembly that it takes years to distribute compensation to the victims’ families though the state government claims that it takes only one year to complete the proce...
2008-03-03 - Shillong,, India. Rahul Karmakar, Hindustan Times
It's not just militants that voters in Meghalaya have to contend with. As many as 194 polling booths in the state have been labeled sensitive due to the threat from marauding elephants. Meghalaya goes to the polls on Monday. Overall, 829 of the 1,599 polling booths to be set up have been labeled either hypersensitive or sensitive. Last month, state chief electoral officer P. Naik asked the forest department for guards to keep vigil around booths in West Garo Hills, South Garo Hills and Ri-Bhoi d...
2008-01-30 - Shillong, India.
Election officials in Meghalaya face an elephantine problem to ensure that voting for March three polls is not disrupted by marauding pachyderms. Playing safe, election authorities are marking several booths as "sensitive" not from a communal angle or law and order factor but being vulnerable to possible attacks from elephants in the light of previous experience. Officials on wednesday said a scenario like a herd of drunk wild elephants moving dangerously near an election booth, chasing away ele...
2008-01-03 - Shillong, India.
A herd of wild Asiatic elephants trampled to death a woman and her son in a village in West Garo Hills on Wednesday night, a wildlife official said today. The elephants entered Darugre village in West Garo Hills on Wednesday night and destroyed crops and several houses. The victims, Aprillish D. Sangma, 50, and her 13-year-old son Jakrik died after the elephants destroyed their house, the official said.
2025-03-27 - Chiang Mai, Thailand.
In a united effort to prevent forest fires, a team of three elephants joined over 20 locals in constructing firebreaks in Chiang Mai’s Mae Taeng district on Wednesday. The initiative, led by Phra Kh...
2025-03-27 - Cholamunda, India.
A Wild tusker, known as Kasera Komban, was found dead in abandoned septic tank in Kerala Malappuram. The tusker used to be affectionately called "Kasera Komban" due to its remarkably long tusks, which...
2025-03-18 - Wichita, United States.
The Sedgwick County Zoo announced Monday that 29-year-old African elephant Simunye delivered a stillborn calf following a healthy, full-term pregnancy. This would have marked the first elephant born a...
2025-03-08 - Guwahati, India.
A female elephant calf took birth in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park. The newborn, named Gauri, is the offspring of an elephant named Phulmai, who resides within the protected area of Kaziranga.
2025-03-05 - Trichy, India.
A 60-year-old female elephant named Jaini, who was being cared for at the MR Palayam Government Elephant Rehabilitation Centre in Reserve Forest under the Trichy Forest Division, has passed away. The ...
2025-02-07 - Amboseli, Kenya.
We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Paolo, one of Amboseli’s most famous and cherished elephants. At 46 years old, Paolo’s death marks the loss of a true giant, not only in size but ...
