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 A view of the elephant training centre in Konni that houses the elephant museum. The museum will be opened on February 19.

Konni: Full-scale museum will showcase the unique relationship between humans, elephants

2021-02-09 - Pathanamthitta, India.

The building that houses the museum, which was originally opened in 2006 by displaying an elephant skeleton and implements associated with the training of captive elephants, was awaiting renovation for the past several years.


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Konni tusker sent to faraway camp despite MLA"s protest">Konni tusker sent to faraway camp despite MLA"s protest

2018-06-12 - Pathanamthitta, India.

Despite fierce protest by the local legislator, a tusker at the eco-tourism centre at Konni was despatched to faraway Muthanga by the wildlife department so that it could be trained as a 'kumki'


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conflict

Elephant attacks claimed 14 lives in state in 2015

2016-01-10 - Pathanamthitta, India.

According to the Heritage Animal Task Force, a total of 14 people died in Kerala last year due to elephant attacks. Among these, 9 people were mahouts The committee, which was formed to provide guidelines to avoid such attacks, has not submitted any report


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death
Plastic waste from Sabarimala devotees kills wild elephant in Kerala forest

Tusker eats plastic waste thrown by pilgrims, dies

2014-02-04 - Pathanamthitta, India.

A 40-year-old female elephant has died after consuming plastic waste dumped by Sabarimala pilgrims. Forest officials found the carcass at Valiyanavattam along the path leading to the pilgrim centre in Pathanamthitta district. Veterinary surgeon Saseendra Dev, who conducted the autopsy, said the animal had consumed 2 kg of food packaging waste, including plastic bags, biscuit covers and aluminum foils.


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people

Mahout electrocuted while riding on elephant

2012-04-05 - Pathanamthitta, India.

A 40-year-old mahout was electrocuted while riding atop a temple elephant at Vallikkod near here, police said. Santhosh Kumar, a mahout of Travancore Devaswom Board, died after he suffered shock while trying to remove a palm leaf on their way with which a live wire was tangled yesterday, police said. The mahout fell off the elephant due to the impact of the shock. Though local people rushed him to a nearby hospital, he was declared dead.

The tusker Parthan, being taken to Vallikko...


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Elephant kills mahout

2004-10-10 - PATHANAMTHITTA, India.

A 17-year-old mahout, Krishnakumar alias Sreekumar of Elavumthitta near Aranmula, was crushed to death by a domesticated elephant at Elavumthitta this forenoon. According to eyewitnesses, the pachyderm attacked the mahout without any provocation and his brain was smashed when he was fatally crushed against a wayside wall.


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6 Headlines about Elephants from PATHANAMTHITTA2021-02-09 - Pathanamthitta, India - Konni: Full-scale museum will showcase the unique relationship between humans, elephants 2018-06-12 - Pathanamthitta, India - Konni tusker sent to faraway camp despite MLA"s protest">Konni tusker sent to faraway camp despite MLA"s protest 2016-01-10 - Pathanamthitta, India - Elephant attacks claimed 14 lives in state in 2015 2014-02-04 - Pathanamthitta, India - Tusker eats plastic waste thrown by pilgrims, dies 2012-04-05 - Pathanamthitta, India - Mahout electrocuted while riding on elephant 2004-10-10 - PATHANAMTHITTA, India - Elephant kills mahout

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