Elephant goes on rampage in Kerala, injures oneSeptember 24th, 2009 KANJIRAPALLY - An elephant went on a rampage in Kerala, injuring one of the mahouts and damaging three vehicles, on Wednesday. The incident took place in Kanjirapally near Kottayam, when the elephant named 'Sundaran' turned violent while pulling logs around 10 in the morning.
Corbett National Park to have Tiger Protection Force from January 2010September 17th, 2009 DEHRADUN - The Uttarakhand Government has decided to set up a Tiger Protection Force to prevent poaching in the Corbett Tiger Reserve. The Field Director of Corbett National Park will head the force, which would be operational from January 2010.
Elephant who went on rampage in Jaipur diesAugust 24th, 2009 JAIPUR - A female elephant, which turned amuck and went on a rampage in Rajasthan's Jaipur city on Sunday, died here on Monday. Thirty-five year old elephant Naina, which was on its way to Amer Fort with foreign tourists on its back, had suddenly turned aggressive on Sunday.
Elephants worship Lord Ganesha in MudumalaiAugust 24th, 2009 MUDUMALAI - A group of elephants on Monday worshipped Lord Ganesha at a temple in Mudumalai on the occasion of the ongoing 10-day Ganesha festival. The unique annual ceremony is being conducted by elephants in Mudumalai Tiger sanctuary for last 25 years.
Rescued baby elephant dies of stomach ulcer in West BengalAugust 17th, 2009 JALPAIGURI - A female elephant cub, which was rescued few months back from a village in West Bengal, died on Sunday due to a stomach ulcer. The elephant cub, Aronno, was rescued from Rethi village after it got separated from its group.
Five-year-old elephant calf captured in CoonoorAugust 14th, 2009 COONOOR - A five-year-old elephant calf was captured by forest officials in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. The elephant had strayed towards a human habitation after separating from its herd.
Baby elephant rescued by forest rangers in Dooars region of W BengalAugust 2nd, 2009 TINJHORA - Forest rangers from Chapramari Reserve Forest in West Bengal rescued a calf elephant believed to be around 15 months, after it had got separated from the herd and strayed into Tinjhora village near Chapramari Reserve Forest in Dooars region of West Bengal. It is believed that the elephant calf got separated while the herd was crossing River Murti close to the Chilcote Tea Estate located in Jalpaiguri district.
A tiger returns home after four months of treatmentJuly 23rd, 2009 SUNDERBANS - A 12 year-old male tiger returned to his familiar territory of the Sunderban Tiger Reserve in West Bengal on Wednesday after four months of treatment in captivity. The tiger had wounded his right hind leg in March this year.
Tiger kills woman in Uttar PradeshMay 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A tiger killed a woman and mauled several other people in an Uttar Pradesh village, officials said Monday. The tiger, which strayed out of the Katarniyaghat forest reserve in Bahraich district, entered the Thadbehna village in the district, where it Sunday night killed a 65-year-old woman Sudha, they added.
Tata Indicom adopts white tiger, pantherMay 6th, 2009 BHOPAL - Private telecom player Tata Indicom has adopted a white tiger and a panther at the Van Vihar National Park here under the park's 'Adopt an Animal Scheme', park officials said Wednesday. 'Earlier, the company had adopted a lion at the park.
White tiger adopted by Tata Indicom in Bhopal's National ParkMay 6th, 2009 BHOPAL - Tata Indicom has adopted a white tiger, an inhabitant of the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal. Ten-year-old Bhagat was adopted under the animal adoption project run by the park, on an annual basis by Indicom.
Tiger skin recovered from Sundarbans, two arrestedMarch 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal forest officials Wednesday said they have arrested two people for allegedly smuggling a tiger skin from the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve (STR). 'We arrested two persons from Sundarbans late Tuesday night who were smuggling out a skin of a full-grown tiger from the forest territory,' South 24-Parganas Divisional Forest Officer S.
Elephant triggers panic in Uttar PradeshMarch 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - An elephant has triggered panic in an Uttar Pradesh village after killing two people and injuring four in the last 10 days, an official said Tuesday. The elephant trampled a young man to death Monday evening in Nagraganja village of Basti district, 250 km from here.
Madhya Pradesh now plans to shift tigers to Panna reserveMarch 11th, 2009 BHOPAL - Having successfully shifted two tigresses to Panna Tiger Reserve recently, the Madhya Pradesh forest department now plans to move a tiger too there as the sanctuary's sole male tiger is untraceable, officials said. The only male tiger found during a Wildlife Institute of India (WII) survey using the camera trap method in December last year, is untraceable now, a forest department official said.
Tigress airlifted to Panna Tiger ReserveMarch 10th, 2009 BHOPAL - A tigress from the Kanha National Park was airlifted Monday to the Panna Tiger Reserve in eastern Madhya Pradesh so as to increase the feline numbers in the reserve. The tigress taken by an Indian Air Force helicopter to the reserve spread in an area of 542 sq km in Panna and Chhatarpur districts of Madhya Pradesh Monday afternoon, forest officials said.
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