Chennai, Sept 15 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu horticulture department will be shutting down its 21-acre farm at Kallar  established in 1900 to facilitate the movement of elephants through the Nilgiri Biosphere  Reserve (NBR). This is following a recent order of the Madras High Court. It may be noted that five high court judges have visited […]

Chennai, Aug 12 (BPNS) An eco-watcher with the forest department in Tamil Nadu was trampled to death by a wild elephant on Friday morning. The deceased, M. Murugan (51), a resident of Seengapathy tribal settlement located within the limits of the Boluvampatti forest range had gone to a bushy area around 20 metres from his […]

Chennai , Aug 12(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department has commenced various steps to prevent intrusion of Wild elephants in residential areas in Coimbatore district. Sources in the forest department told IANS that the department is already in the process of installing hanging solar fences in the seven forest ranges of the district to prevent […]

Chennai, Aug 11 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department on Thursday detected two wild elephant carcasses in the forest area of Erode. The elephants, according to forest department officials died of old age. While one elephant was aged 50, the second one was aged 40. Forest department officials during routine patrol found the carcass at […]

Chennai, Aug 3 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu state government has formed an expert committee to study the conflict between human beings and elephants in the Gudalur area and to come up with holistic solutions. It may be noted that many people lost their lives to elephant attacks at O- Valley in Gudallur in the month of […]

Thiruvananthapuram, July 17 (BPNS) The month of ‘Karkidakam’ according to Malayalam calendar commences from today, July 17th in Kerala, and the wellness treatment for elephants also begins. While the last two years there was no wellness treatment for elephants due to Covid -19 and related issues, it has commenced at Thrissur from today onwards with more […]

Chennai, July 5 (BPNS) While the Meenakshi Sundareswari Amman temple at Madurai is building a swimming pool for its elephant, Parvati, Subramanian Swamy temple and Kallazhagar temple in the district already have pools for their elephants. The Meenakshi Sundareswari Amman temple has started constructing a swimming pool at the cost of Rs 23 lakhs at […]

Chennai, June 29 (BPNS) The forest officials of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) have constituted 24 teams of forest officials to monitor the movement of herds of elephants from Kerala to Tamil Nadu forest areas. The elephant migration from the forests of Kerala to the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) generally commence in August but this […]

Chennai, June 23 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu government has allocated Rs 7.2 crore rupees to mitigate man-animal conflict in the seven forest ranges under the Coimbatore forest division. Artificial Intelligence-based e-surveillance cameras would be installed on a pilot basis in the Madukkarai forest range under the Coimbatore forest division. It is to be noted that […]

Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) A female wild elephant that got separated from its herd during a drive operation by the Tamil Nadu forest department at Theethipalayam village near Coimbatore, attacked an Anti Poaching Forest watcher on Monday. The condition of the anti-poaching watcher, Mohan (36),  according to the forest department officials is stable. The elephant […]