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Rehabilitation centre for elephants at Kappucaud
S. Anil Radhakrishnan KATTAKADA: Releasing the pachyderms Ammu, Minna and Jaysree to the enclosures, Minister for Forest Benoy Viswom inaugurated the first phase of the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre being set up at Kappucaud near Kottoor in the Agasthyavanam Biological Park. The Minister, who was accompanied by Varkala Radhakrishnan, MP; G. Karthikeyan, MLA; presidents of the local bodies and forest officials, was greeted by Ammu and Minna by offering rose flowers. The Minister offered banana and jaggery to the elephants.
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Forensic tools battle ivory poachers
The illegal slaughter of African elephants for ivory is now worse than it was at its peak in the 1980s. New forensic tools based on DNA analysis can help stop the cartels behind this bloody trade.
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Out of Africa: mapping the global trade in illicit elephant ivory
Global environmental crime is estimated by the United Nations to be worth as much as $213 billion annually. Over $23 billion is attributed to the illegal wildlife trade alone, of which ivory is an important
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Translocation of jumbos: Report to HC on Dec 5
Despite the High Court’s observations on Karnataka’s plans to translocate elephants from Alur taluk in Hassan district to the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Mysore, Forest Minister C P Yogeeshwara seemed
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They have what it takes to make eco-friendly paper
An elephant orphanage hits upon a simple solution to a messy problem Pachyderms in a playful mood at Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage. PINNAWELA (Sri Lanka): For keepers and mahouts alike, it was always a messy problem that defied solution. We are talking about the roughly 180 kg of waste an adult pachyderm generates a day. And imagine the pile if it were from a herd of 60 staying and sauntering about in one place. That is simply a problem of elephantine proportions at the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage here in Sri Lanka, especially for the poor keepers.
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A river interrupted
The proposed Chalakudy Hydel Project, the seventh along the 145-kilometre journey of the already dammed river, could submerge 140 hectares of prime forestland which is home to diverse species of fauna including the Great Indian Hornbill and the Asiatic Elephant. The dam site is a key elephant corridor, points out Akber Ayub
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JUMBO GIFT
The Sri Lankan Prime Minister gifted two baby elephants to a group of Japanese children. Moved by reports about the impact of the recent conflict in the Balkans on a zoo in the Croatian city
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Tackling the illegal wildlife trade: promises made, progress reported
Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is devastating populations of iconic wildlife species such as rhinos and elephants, as well as lesser known ones such as pangolins, sturgeon and rosewood. As well as being
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The status of the ivory trade in Thailand and Vietnam
Both Thailand and Vietnam have been identified during the past decade as centres of concern in ivory trade surveys and analyses undertaken for CITES by ETIS (Elephant Trade Information System). Thailand was one of the most important sites of illegal ivory trade at the global level and Vietnam was shown to have a moderate sized and largely unregulated ivory market.
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Rogue elephant crushes three
Three men were dashed to death by a rogue elephant at Jhalda area in West Bengal's Purulia district today. Police said the incident occurred when villagers suddenly heard the elephant's movement in
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3 elephants die of poisoning
Marcus Dam KOLKATA: The authorities of tea gardens near the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in north Bengal have been asked by the State's wildlife authorities to control the spraying of chemical herbicides in the wake of the death of three elephants of poisoning within a span of 24 hours last week. The elephants, all females, were found dead on July 18 and 19 near the Simulbari tea estate in West Bengal's Sukna forest range in Darjeeling district. The wildlife authorities have ordered an inquiry into the incident.
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Two days after killing of 'Laden': Wild jumbos keep Hojai at tenterhooks
As if to register their protest against the killing of 'Laden', a rogue elephant, by noted hunter Dwipen Ram Phukan at Gohpur on Sunday lst, a herd of wild elephants, numbering about 70, was on a
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HC constitutes advisory council to probe elephant deaths
The High Court, on Monday, appointed Karnataka Wildlife Advisory Council to look into elephant deaths and prevent further accidental deaths of pachyderms in the State. Chief Justice P Dinakaran has appointed the council, which is to be headed by senior advocate Madhusudan Naik.
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Strange Request
The Bangladesh army wants permission to kill two elephants! These elephants are reported to have killed a soldier and injured two more. The Army wants to shoot them down. Forest officials are
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Minister laments dearth of wildlife officials
The dearth of wildlife officials has been a major drawback in enforcing wildlife regulations, Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said. There are only 3,000 odd wildlife officials to serve nearly one million hectares of forest in the country. The elephant population in Sri Lanka did not face any threat of extinction as its density has been increasing in recent times, he said. Steps have been taken to erect electrified fences under the Maga Neguma to ward off marauding elephants in an effort to eradicate the elephant-human conflict, the Minister said.
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Man-elephant conflicts in Assam causing concern
The Assam Assembly expressed concern over the rising incidence of man-elephant conflict in the State, even as the Forest Department set December 31 as the deadline for killing Laden, a rogue elephant
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Logging Threat To Indonesia Orangutans, Tigers: Report
A logging operation planned by Asia's biggest pulp producer in Indonesia's Sumatra island threatens the habitat of rare orangutans, tigers and elephants, a joint report by five conservation groups said on Tuesday.
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Elephants wreck havoc, trample six to death
Four people were trampled to death by wild Asiatic elephants in Assam, wildlife officials said on Friday. A forest official said, a herd of about a dozen elephants late Thursday attacked a group of
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Haryana to get elephant rehab. centre
Sujay Mehdudia State Govt. provided a 50-acre plot to develop the elephant rescue and rehab. centre Union Government to invest an initial sum of Rs.90 lakh for setting up the centre NEW DELHI: The Haryana Government has entered into an agreement with Wildlife SOS, a non-government organisation engaged in protection of wildlife, to establish and maintain a first-of-its-kind Elephant Rehabilitation and Research Centre at Ban Santour in Yamunanagar district of Haryana.