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Crop raiding makhna elephant captured in Dharmapuri
By Chennaivision on February 6, 2023

A crop raiding ‘makhna’ elephant was captured after tranquilizing by the Forest department in Palacode in Dharmapuri district early on Sunday. Accompanied by another elephant, the makhna ventured out of Anjetti forest area and moved into Eachampallam village in Dharmapuri three months ago. Since then, both the elephants camped in the locality to raid on sugarcane and plantain crops. Following… Continue reading "Crop raiding makhna elephant captured in Dharmapuri"
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Mahout killed in attack by captive elephant
By Chennaivision on November 19, 2022
A mahout was injured in an attack by a captive elephant at Kozhikamuthi elephant camp of Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) near Top Slip on Friday. An official of the Forest Department said the mahout Prasanth (43) had taken elephant Suyambu (35) for grazing in the forest, when it turned wild and attacked him. “The elephant, which was in ‘musth’ lifted… Continue reading "Mahout killed in attack by captive elephant"
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Four Kumkis deployed to tackle wild elephants in Gudalur
By Chennaivision on May 31, 2022

Four kumkis were deployed to patrol around ‘O’ Valley area in Gudalur to prevent a wild elephant, which is believed to have attacked two persons, including a woman to death, from intruding into human settlements. Kumkis Srinivasan, Vijay, Shankar and Krishna brought from Theppakadu elephant camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) are guarding the neighbourhood day and night. A large… Continue reading "Four Kumkis deployed to tackle wild elephants in Gudalur"
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Judges inspect railway track to prevent elephant deaths
By Chennaivision on April 11, 2022

A team of Madras High Court judges on Sunday inspected the track between Podanur to Walayar to assess the measures initiated by the railways and forest department to prevent the death of wild elephants by train hit incidents. Justices R Subramanian, N Sathish Kumar, G K Ilanthiraiyan, V Bharathidasan, M Dhandapani, and R Pongiappan travelled in a ‘tower wagon’ to… Continue reading "Judges inspect railway track to prevent elephant deaths"
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Forest officials from Anamalai Tiger Reserve use bio-repellents to avoid elephant-human conflict
By Chennaivision on January 27, 2022

Forest officials of Tamil Nadu’s Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) have used bio-repellents to prevent the intrusion of wild elephants into human settlements, thus reducing the number of jumbo attacks. Since December 2021, officials of ATR have mixed bio-repellent in water and sprayed the mixture around residences and shops in Mudis estate, TANTEA, Sangali road, and Urulikkal. The forest officials said… Continue reading "Forest officials from Anamalai Tiger Reserve use bio-repellents to avoid elephant-human conflict"

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Crop raiding makhna elephant captured in Dharmapuri

Mahout killed in attack by captive elephant

Four Kumkis deployed to tackle wild elephants in Gudalur

Judges inspect railway track to prevent elephant deaths

Forest officials from Anamalai Tiger Reserve use bio-repellents to avoid elephant-human conflict