Tag: Elephant

Mayurbhanj:  An elderly woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Pithabata range at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district on Wednesday. The incident took place this morning when the deceased, identified as Nirmala Mohanta of Ahari village, had gone to the forest to pick firewood. When Nirmala did not return home, her family launched […]

Subarnapur: Five families belonging to Munda tribe in Pudamala village under Ulunda tehsil of Sonepur district are forced to spend nights on tree houses (machan) to protect themselves from elephant attacks. The tribes claimed that as soon as the sun sets, pachyderms stray into the village and damage thatched houses and household items and consume […]

Balasore: A herd of 90 elephants from neighbouring Jharkhand today sneaked into Nilagiri area of Balasore creating panic among tribal populace of the area by destroying acres of paddy crops. Locals spent sleepless night yesterday fearing that the animals could destroy their huts. The jumbos of various sizes entered Gopalpur village from Dalaki forest under […]

Jharsuguda: Two elephants including a calf died in separate incidents near Teladihi village under Bagadihi range in Jharsuguda district late last night. While one jumbo was killed after coming in contact with an 11-KV electric wire near the Teladihi check gate, the baby elephant, around six months old, fell into a pit and died just […]

Baripada: Panic has gripped people in the Champua forest range in Keonjhar district after a herd of 36 elephants were seen in the area. Farmers are a worried lot as pachyderms are creating nuisance by damaging crops in villages of Champua. As many as 13 elephants were spotted in Kutugaon, Sanajoda and Haridajoda areas whereas […]

Jharsuguda: Even as the man-elephant conflict is growing everyday, a baby elephant died after falling into a trench on Thursday night. The trench was dug up for railway work in Telidihi under Bagadihi forest range in Jharsuguda. After receiving information, forest department personnel reached the spot, rescued the pachyderm’s body and sent it for postmortem. […]

Athgarh: A herd of elephants created a flutter on Athgarh-Mundali road near Dalakhai temple in Cuttack district paralysing traffic for more than an hour on Wednesday afternoon. Around 15 jumbos stood ground near the temple preventing commuters to pass the road. The animals also reportedly damaged a bike and chased people. Some locals informed the […]

Bhubaneswar: An elephant counting exercise has begun on Tuesday in Similipal, Kuldiha and Soro to estimate the number of pachyderms in the sanctuaries. The process is likely to continue till May 13. The forest officials are using both line-transect and dung count methods to ascertain the exact numbers of elephants. The forest department has constituted […]

Cuttack: A heard of wild elephants disrupted vehicular traffic on NH-55 near Balisuniamuha under Khuntuni range in the district after they tried to cross the road in the early hours here on Saturday. Official sources said, a herd of nearly 18 elephants instead of crossing the road unexpectedly stood on the national highway for long […]

Bhubaneswar: A limping tusker which was visibly distressed with a motor tyre stuck in one of its legs for over two months has finally been provided relief with forest personnel successfully disentangling the ‘foreign’ object from the pachyderm. It was a three-hour-long exercise involving nearly fifty wildlife staffs at Subhasi reserve forest. The animal was […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: For the wildlife personnel, a distressed pachyderm with a motor tyre stuck in one of its legs nearly two months back continues to be a cause of worry. Last sighted in Athgarh forest area in Cuttack district, the forest officials have renewed its exercise to disentangle the ‘foreign’ object from the animal’s leg by […]

Rourkela: A female elephant was found dead at Garada village under Bisra forest here in Sundergarh district today. Locals said a herd of elephants strayed into the village area on Tuesday night in search of food and ruined some standing crops. The female jumbo was eating leafs of Mangoo tree during which it came in […]

Kamakhyanagar: In a tragic incident, a man was trampled to death by an elephant near Jamujhara village under Kamakhyanagar sub-division in Dhenkanal district. The deceased has been identified as Sambhari Pradhan of Jamujhara village. According to sources, the incident took place when Pradhan was returning to Jamujhari from Pandua chhak on Wednesday evening. Also read: […]

Bolangir: Carcasses of a female elephant and its calf found in apaddy field at Bakati village in the district today. The jumbos are suspected to have come in search of foods as the paddy harvesting season is on. The reason of the death has not yet been ascertained, said forest officials who rushed to the […]

Dhenkanal: In a tragic incident, a man was trampled to death by a tusker in Mahulikholi village under Kapilas forest ranges in the district on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as Kishori Chandra Beura. According to sources, the incident took place in the wee hours of Thursday when Beura was coming out of […]