Mammoth problem

Animal passion

The translocation of surplus wildlife from a Zimbabwean park evokes mixed responses

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Elephantine problems

Pachyderms in Jalpaiguri district are dying due to poisoning

Elephant poaching

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Jumbo revival

Jumbo research

Improving human-elephant relations

Activists point out dangers of highway through Bannerghatta National Park, demand shelving plan

NHAI’s six-lane highway to cut through elephant corridor, could increase human-wildlife conflict 

Over 1,500 people died in elephant attacks in last 3 years, maximum casualties in Odisha

In 2017, the environment ministry had issued a guideline for managing human-elephant conflict and had directed elephant range states to …

Environmental crime on the rise, says report

More than one quarter of the world’s elephant population has been killed in the past 10 years

Protect the tuskers damn the carvers

In its enthusiasm to protect tuskers from being killed, the government has extended the worldwide ban on ivory trade to India as well. Left in …

Pachyderm policies

Indian and Kenyan elephant specialists recently exchanged views on controlling a common problem: man-elephant conflicts

Green Oscar Awards

Raman Sukumar, founder-director of the Bangalore-based Asian Elephant Research and Conservation Centre, has been selected for the prestigious …

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

Who to blame for haemorrhagic septicemia in elephants? Odisha suspends a livestock inspector

Environmentalists slam state, flag collapse of system

Elephant shot, tusks hacked off in Odisha’s Dhenkanal forest division

Poachers armed with guns drive away forest guards

Africa losing $25-million tourism revenue each year due to elephant poaching

Poachers kill between 20,000-30,000 African elephants each year for illegal ivory trade

Trunk call

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