Wild elephants kill one, damage crops and houses

Last Updated: Monday, July 9, 2012, 14:12

A woman was killed by a herd of wild elephants while two other groups destroyed houses and cropland creating panic in different parts of Assam, official sources said Monday.

63 elephants die in 2 years in Bengal

Last Updated: Thursday, June 21, 2012, 20:59

Altogether 63 elephants died in West Bengal either naturally or by accident in a span of two years, while 139 people were killed in elephant attacks during the same period, state Forest Minister Hiten Burman said here Thursday.

After elephants, Maya’s Noida park under scanner

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 09:35

Fresh trouble is brewing for former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati.

Odisha intensifies probe into jumbo killings

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 17:29

Odisha Tuesday intensified a probe into the alleged killing of elephants in the state`s Similipal National Park.

Kerala readies for Thrissur Pooram festival

Last Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012, 10:16

Kerala is all set to celebrate Thrissur Pooram this week.

Gisele Bundchen asks fans to `speak up` for endangered elephants

Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2012, 15:17

Gisele was so impressed by her visit to a wildlife sanctuary that she requested fans to support her in protecting the endangered species.

Animal population registers increase in Erode dist forest

Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2012, 10:36

A three-day wild life census was completed on Sunday evening in the Sathyamangalam and Erode forest areas.

`Cameroon elephants suffer unprecedented poaching`

Last Updated: Friday, March 16, 2012, 09:06

In what was described as one of the worst poaching massacres in decades, as many as 200 elephants have been killed for their tusks since January by poachers on horseback from Chad and Sudan.

Jumbos damage crops near Hosur

Last Updated: Friday, March 2, 2012, 12:26

A herd of 15 elephants damaged agricultural crops in a village near Hosur in the wee hours on Friday.

Mass killing of Cameroon elephants alarms UN group

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 23:16

The UN watchdog into the illegal wildlife trade voiced "grave concern" at a spike in African elephant poaching.

Mass killing of Cameroon elephants alarms UN agency

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 23:00

The UN watchdog into the illegal wildlife trade today voiced "grave concern" at a spike in African elephant poaching after nearly 450 of the animals were killed in Cameroon.