Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 13:03
Environment and forest experts visited Jalpaiguri in West Bengal on Tuesday to identify the causes behind rising incidents of elephant deaths, many of whom are crushed by speeding trains.
Last Updated: Monday, March 18, 2013, 17:41
Two elephants were found dead in different parts of Uttarakhand, forest officials said here Monday.
Last Updated: Friday, March 1, 2013, 13:57
Elephants, a protected species, are fast vanishing from Congo`s Okapi Faunal Reserve (OFR), recording an alarming 37 percent decline over the past five years.
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 17:00
Leonardo DiCaprio helped World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launch a new animal rights campaign, the “Hands Off My Parts” initiative, on Monday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 15:54
Election officials in Meghalaya face an elephantine problem to ensure that voting for the Feb 23 polls is not disrupted by marauding pachyderms.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 24, 2013, 11:06
Elephants continue to be killed by speeding trains in the 760 km Buxa Reserved Forest in north Bengal while the forest authorities and the Railways blame each other for the accidents.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 20:56
Odisha government asked the Railway Board to revisit its advisories on prevention of train accidents involving the animals.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 23, 2012, 19:19
A herd of elephants trampled to death a woman, injured four others and damaged 23 thatched houses at Rodali village in Golaghat district on Sunday, official sources said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 13:20
The biggest training camp where some 180 mahouts are being taught about how to take care of elephants will end here Thursday, according to an official of the famous Sree Krishna temple at Guruvayoor.
Last Updated: Friday, October 12, 2012, 00:08
Sri Lanka on Thursday swapped a pair of hippos, a couple of wild horses and komodo dragons from the Czech republic for two female elephants.
Last Updated: Monday, September 17, 2012, 15:38
Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has demanded a ban on elephants in circuses.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 17:21
Poachers remained active in forests of Odisha, eliminating 73 elephants in last seven years since 2005 even as 157 people were arrested during the period on charge of killing wild animals.
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