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Dubare elephant attack: Video filmed moments before tragedy surfaces; Karnataka bans tourist interaction with elephantsA tourist died after two captive elephants clashed at Karnataka's Dubare Elephant Camp. Following the fatal incident, authorities have impo...
Rainbow coloured phantom lakes appear beside Namibia’s Great White Place in stunning satellite imagesAstronauts captured a stunning display of vibrant, shimmering lakes in Namibia's Etosha Pan, a rare event following heavy flooding. These e...
Elephant picks up, throws man during Valiyavilakku festival procession in Thrissur, KeralaA captive elephant attacked and seriously injured a 26-year-old man during a temple procession in Kerala, leading to the temporary suspensi...
20 Elephants rescued from the logging industry to find freedom in Anant Ambani’s Vantara, a chain-free sanctuaryVantara, initiated by Anant Ambani, will shelter 20 rescued elephants from Arunachal Pradesh's logging industry, ensuring their care under ...
Kerala temple become India's first to induct robotic elephant for ritual dutiesFollowing up on its pledge to never keep or hire live elephants or any other animals, the Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple in Kerala's Th...
No takers for 'white' elephantsForest officials are now at their wit's end to tackle the increasing human-elephant conflict in Karnataka.
Sonepur ban may hit supply of elephants to KeralaThe Sonepur event is one of the biggest in Asia and will be held in the last week of November. Until last year, it was a marketplace for ca...
Elephants' death: Animal rights group seeks PM' interventionHeritage Animal Task Force has appealed to the PM to order a high-level enquiry into the alleged premature death of seven captive elephants...
Cruelty to elephants: Kerala Forest department warns of strong actionKerala Forest Department has warned of action against cruelty towards captive jumbos, in view of a recent SC order pointing out the need to...
- SC directs counting of captive elephants in Kerala
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Kerala’s chief wildlife warden to conduct counting of the captive elephants in the state and asked th...
SC notice to Centre and states on welfare of captive elephantsThe Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre and states on a PIL seeking a ban on elephant trade and regulating the welfare...
- High court order may help elephant trade in Kerala
The order was widely welcomed by the elephant lovers, as a number of elephants were being brought to Kerala then from other states, though ...
Outfit flays move to renew ownership certificate for captive elephantsNoted animal rights group Heritage Task Force has criticised the Kerala forest department's move to renew the ownership certificate for cap...
Spurt in death of captive elephants causes concern in KeralaA spurt in death of captive elephants, especially young ones, is causing concern in Kerala, home to a good number of pachyderms which are p...
India postpones first ever international meet on elephantsWith only three species of elephants living in the world in 50 countries across Asia and Africa, the challenge of conserving this majestic ...
- Karnataka elephants suffer captivity-induced health problems
Elephants are highly social animals, which are active for 18 hours a day and travel as far as 30 miles a day. They live in matriarchal herd...
MoEF urged to take proactive steps to help captive elephantsIn the wake of the recent death of an elephant in an accident in Noida, animal rights groups today asked the environment ministry to interv...
- 'Don't use jumbos for demolition of structures'
Animal welfare activists have brought in a new dimension to the anti-eviction stir in the city launched by Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KM...
- No decision to free all captive elephants: Govt
The government has not taken any decision to free all captive elephants to wild, the Rajya Sabha was told on Monday.
- Peta pushes for ban on jumbo rides
Lack of nutrition, ill-treatment at hands of owners and overwork are threatening the largest land animal in the world.