With human-elephant conflict taking more lives on both sides, stakeholders are split over a sustainable solutionBetween 2015 & 2018, more than 1,700 people and 370 elephants have died due to this conflict.
09 Mar, 2019, 11.32 PM IST
Smoking jumbo clip spreads like wildfire27 Mar, 2018, 10.51 AM IST
India's elephant population stable: CensusAn elephant census released by the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change on Saturday revealed an expansion in elephant ...
13 Aug, 2017, 04.16 AM IST
Old homes threatened, Indian elephant moves to Haryana, Himachal12 Aug, 2017, 11.11 PM IST
How the national elephant census went about the job of counting the beast500 volunteers responded to the Forest Department’s call to be part of the all-India synchronised Asian elephant population estimation.
18 Jun, 2017, 09.09 AM IST
Visit the Bandipur national park in Karnataka to catch a glimpse of the majestic tigerIt is located amidst the picturesque surroundings of the towering Western ghat mountains on the MysoreOoty highway.
19 Jan, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
Fresh elephant count in India to begin in July; Census report to come next year29 Jun, 2016, 09.36 PM IST
No takers for 'white' elephantsForest officials are now at their wit's end to tackle the increasing human-elephant conflict in Karnataka.
30 Dec, 2015, 12.39 PM IST
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...
07 Nov, 2015, 10.55 AM IST
Elephants restricted to half of Karnataka's Western GhatsThe presence of elephants has shrunk to less than half of the forests in Karnataka's Western Ghats due to anthropogenic factors, a recent s...
02 Aug, 2015, 01.01 PM IST
- Line transect method apt for elephant count: researchers
Researchers have strongly favoured the line transect method for estimating elephant population with greater accuracy in order to boost cons...
07 Jun, 2015, 11.04 AM IST
- No death on rail track despite 20% of elephant population: Karnataka
Karnataka could possibly have the solution to save elephants from getting knocked down by trains at a time when an alarmed Supreme Court ha...
12 Jan, 2014, 07.05 AM IST
- 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...
04 Sep, 2013, 03.55 PM IST
Karnataka plans Rs 109 crore project to tackle man-elephant conflictKarnataka government has prepared a Rs 109 crore comprehensive project to contain man-animal conflict in the backdrop of the increasing men...
15 Jul, 2013, 06.56 PM IST
Karnataka is now home to 6,072 elephantsKarnataka is now home to 6,072 Asiatic elephants, 5,945 of which were spotted in the Mysore elephant reserve (MER) alone, according to the ...
06 Feb, 2013, 07.05 AM IST
Review projects in forests: Karnataka Elephant Task ForceA task force set up by the Karnataka high court has recommended for a time-bound review of clearances granted or pending for various projec...
20 Nov, 2012, 03.50 AM IST
Elephant count begins with hope that numbers are upOfficials of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka will carry out a three-day elephant headcount starting Tuesday, with foresters optimistic abo...
22 May, 2012, 07.13 AM IST