Asian Elephant Specialist Group meet starts in Malaysia

Various issues concerning the Asian Elephant to be discussed at the event

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

नेपाल से आए हाथियों का आतंक, अब तक दो लाेगों को मारा

लखीमपुर के रास्ते नेपाल के दो हाथियों ने लगभग एक हफ्ते पहले उत्तर प्रदेश में प्रवेश किया था, जो लोगों पर लगातार हमले कर ...

वन विभाग की टीम पर हाथियों ने बोला हमला, एक वन रक्षक की मौत

नेपाल से आए दो हाथी उत्तर प्रदेश व उत्तराखंड के इलाकों में आतंक मचा रहे हैं। पकड़ने आए वन रक्षा कर्मचारियों पर हमला बोल ...

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 ...

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

Female elephant dies from electrocution in Odisha

The body was spotted by local resident who in turn informed forest officials

Elephants reduced to a political football as Botswana brings back hunting

Over the past five years Botswana has earned a reputation as the continent’s last elephant haven

Third railway line through Palamu Tiger Reserve threatens to increase human-elephant conflict

Expert says it’s a vital passage used for crossing by elephants coming from Baresarh in Latehar district to Betla National Park and back

Talcher's killer elephant detusked

The rogue elephant that killed five persons in Talcher was de-tusked

Elephant kills five in Odisha

The victims were asleep on their verandahs when the tusker trampled them

Landscape-level approach necessary to address human-elephant conflicts

A study involving close monitoring of elephants on daily basis for two years in Karnataka has concluded that landscape-level management is …

Elephants' conflict of diet

It's not just fragmented corridors that take elephants to farms. They get drawn towards crops that improve their state of mind and well-being

Wild Emergency: From sensational to sensible

The National Board of Wildlife’s recommendation that state governments use Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code while dealing with …

Elephant dies after falling in a pit at Patanjali project site in Assam

A total of three elephants fell in the pit, prompting questions on allocation of land in a possible elephant corridor to the company

Conflicts are no less around national parks, sanctuaries

First-of-its-kind study in India carried out in Karnataka finds number of villages affected by human-elephant conflict and the compensation paid …

Man v elephant

'Elephant conservation is not exactly anybody’s priority'

M D Madhusudan is an ecologist and conservationist with Nature Conservation Foundation in Mysore, Karnataka. An elephant expert, he is a member …

Why do they raid crops?

Sometimes elephants raid crops even when there is a lot of food in the forests

On the trail of rampaging elephants

Down To Earth reporters visit human-elephant conflict zones and discover that affected people are increasingly venting their ire on forest staff …