2006-12-20 - Calcutta, India. Soumen Dey
The news item “Death warrant out for rogue Laden” in The Telegraph northeast dated December 15, 2006, said “it should take one single bullet to fell a rogue”. So much ado over a “rogue” elephant! The statement itself sounded like a royal proclamation. As did the recent proclamation by the government to kill the rogue elephant that was, according to media reports, on a rampage in Sonitpur East forest division. (The elephant was killed on December 16).
2006-12-19 - Chirundu, Zimbabwe. Jani Meyer
Zimbawean elephants are under threat - not only from poachers, but also from game rangers who "execute" rogue animals. In the past few weeks at least two animals were shot dead, in full view of visitors, by National Park staff at Chirundu in the Zambezi Valley.
2006-12-17 - GAUHATI, India.
A killer elephant named after Usama bin Laden by fearful villagers was killed by sharpshooters, officials said Sunday. The animal was blamed for 14 deaths in the northeastern state of Assam. "A licensed shooter shot and killed the 10-foot tall bull near the Behali forest reserve in northern Assam," said wildlife warden Chandan Bora.
2006-12-05 - Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
A she-elephant with a young cub collided with the night mail train from Colombo to Polonnaruwa yesterday. Both died on the spot, derailing the train and paralysing train services on the line for more than 24 hours. The Sri Lanka Wild Life Department says at least 13 elephants have died since January 2006 in railway accidents between the Minneriya and Galoya railway stations in the Polonnaruwa district of the North Central Province.
2006-11-23 - BHUBANESWAR, India.
It was a fight that even surprised the Forest officials of Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR). A duel between a tiger and an elephant in which the big cat prevailed. The tiger reserve rarely has witnessed such incidents in the past although tigers are known to kill elephant calves. Every year, two or three calves are hunted by the tigers in the reserve.
2006-11-22 - Spartanburg, United States. Associated Press
An Asian elephant who starred in TV commercials and music videos and was a star An Asian elephant who starred in TV commercials and music videos and was a star at Hollywild Animal Park has died. Donna was 48. The 8-foot, 9-inch tall elephant died suddenly Friday, her 8,000 pounds hitting the ground moments after she was running around and kicking up sand, said David Meeks, executive director and co-owner of the park in rural Spartanburg County.
2006-11-21 - Mongpong, India. dailyindia.com
A speeding train in Mongpong, North Bengal, has run another elephant, taking the pachyderm death toll in the state to five since May. This is the second time that an elephant has been killed in the area in the last week. About 300 to 350 of them are alive in Northern Bengal region. If it continues like this, such as the five elephants that died, and railway authorities do not take any steps to prevent such incidents, then people will stand in front of the trains to protest against this. This can...
2006-11-20 - Tamil Nadu, India. Natarajan Sivaganesan Ph.D Elephant Ecologist
Two female elephants, Palani Kovil (Sumathi - + 35) and Madurai Krishnan Kovil (Thanalashmi + 30)died in Tamil Nadu, South India. This unfortunate even occured within a week (1-10 November 06) due to serious ailments in both the cases, concluded by the expert who performed the postmortum. These elephants used by the temple authorities for daily pooja's over several years.
2006-11-19 - CALCUTTA, India.
Speeding trains killed two elephants in separate collisions over the past week in India, officials said Sunday. A passenger train hit an elephant as it crossed a track in the northern Dooars region of eastern India's West Bengal state Saturday night, said Tapas Bose, a forest officer in the district. A few days earlier, another elephant died after a freight train knocked it over in a densely forested area also in the Dooars region, Bose said.
2006-11-18 - JALPAIGURI, India.
An elephant was run over and killed by a train at Sevak in Kalimpong forest division today, forest officilas said. The incident occurred when the animal was straying over the track and did not move away seeing the approaching train, the sources said.
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