Chennai, April 10 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department has shifted an elephant calf that was found abandoned near Periyanaicekenpalayam in Coimbatore to the Theppakadu elephant camp in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) on Wednesday. The calf, according to the forest officials was taken to an elephant herd that had a lactating elephant but the […]
Chennai, Nov 15 (BPNS) People for Ethical Treatment to Animals( PETA), the animal welfare group has said that the captive temple elephant, Jeymalyatha is still in chains and controlled with weapons. PETA India said that its video evidence refutes the claims made by the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department that Jeymalyatha was […]
Tamil Nadu to use Artificial Intelligence based solutions to prevent elephant deaths by the end of October 2022 Chennai, Oct 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department will be finalizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) based solutions to prevent elephant deaths by the end of this month. The department of forests has already floated tenders from prospective […]
Chennai, Oct 4 (BPNS) In a bid to prevent wild elephants at bay from Public Distribution System (PDS) commodities, the forest officials of Tamil Nadu are bringing up novel models of PDS shops. As an experiment, the forest officials of Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) is constructing a model building on elevated pillars for the PDS […]
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 […]
