Nilgiris Elephant Corridor: SC upholds Madras HC order affirming animals’ right of passage

Apex court also sets up committee to look into complaints on the issue

Despite ready list, Jharkhand to identify elephant corridors

State forest department not consulted before corridor identification: Official in minutes

रायपुर के पास घूम रहे हैं डेढ़ दर्जन हाथी

कई लोगों ने हाथियों के इस दल को राजधानी रायपुर से महज 30 किलोमीटर दूर आरंग तक में विचरण करते हुए देखा है

Technical committee formed to create National Elephant Action Plan

The main focus of the NEAP will be to mitigate human-elephant conflict, along with improvement of habitat

Elephants have first right on forest, says SC while ordering demolition of Numaligarh Refinery wall

The 2.2-km boundary wall has been erected in 2011 on an elephant migration corridor in eastern Assam’s Golaghat district, for the …

ट्रेन की टक्कर से 2 हाथियों की मौत, चार साल में मरे 62 हाथी

हरिद्वार के ज्वालापुर सीतापुर क्षेत्र में तेज रफ्तार ट्रेन की चपेट में आने से दो हाथियों की मौके पर ही मौत हो गई

पलामू टाइगर रिजर्व को रेलवे की तीसरी लाइन से खतरा

रेलवे ने पलामू टाइगर रिजर्व में तीसरी लाइन बिछाने का काम शुरू कर दिया गया। इससे वहां से गुजरने वाले हाथियों और इंसान के बीच ...

World Elephant Day: The trials of India’s national heritage animal

Of 21 venues housing 509 elephants, 45% were kept in severely inadequate conditions

Avoiding tragic elephant deaths through policy intervention

The wildlife conservation agenda in India is largely driven by an elitist mindset that is insensitive and disregardful of the real sufferings of …

Can changing crop pattern foil elephant raids to farmlands?

Farmers in eastern Indian states are replacing paddy with alternative crops to prevent elephant attacks. The question is can this experiment be …

How solar-powered fences mitigated human-elephant conflict in Assam

A biologist employed with a non-profit in the North East describes her organisation’s efforts at reducing negative encounters between …

Unchecked mining spells doom for Saranda forest in Jharkhand

Unregulated large-scale mining activities have decimated plant and wildlife populations in the once-rich Saranda forest in Jharkhand

Elephant found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar, third within a month

Forest officials believe the dead elephant belonged to a herd of elephants roaming in the area

Conservationists slam draft of new government report on elephants

It fails to understand the ecology of elephants, they say

Pregnant elephant’s death in Kerala shows institutional indifference to wild animals

It is not tough to see how serious the Union and state governments of the country are about wild animals

Green tribunal stays wall construction in Rajaji National Park

NGO says construction the wall would obstruct elephant movement

Speeding train kills six elephants in West Bengal

The killer track has claimed lives of 52 elephants in the past decade; forest department and railways continue to blame each other

SC stays order evicting resorts near Mudumalai sanctuary

Madras High Court had given three months to vacate the area

Elephants found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar with tusks removed; activists allege poaching

Odisha forest department comes under fire by locals, activists; locals allege neglect

Kerala government gives go-ahead to Athirappally hydel power project

Decision elicits angry response from a cross-section of society

Underpass for elephants? Supreme Court snubs solicitor general

Apex court refuses to modify its order directing Indian Railways to reduce speed and stop goods train movement on killer track in northern West Bengal

Three elephants die on Bengal's killer track

Speeding trains have killed 43 elephants in Jalpaiguri since 2004; forest and railway officials propose constructing bridges, underpasses for the …