“A 15-year old elephant in Uttarakhand has got electrocuted after it dashed against a high-tension electric wire.
The forest officials said that they were informed about the electrocution of the elephant on Thursday.” - Thaindian News
“A man was injured after a wild elephant attacked him in Kerala Thursday morning.” - Bombay News
“In this photo provided by Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Taj, a 68-year-old female Asian elephant, takes paintbrush to canvas at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif., on Thursday, May 8, 2008.” - Yahoo! News Photos
“A man was injured after a wild elephant attacked him in Kerala Thursday morning. Forest officials identified the victim as Muhammed, reportedly a worker of a farm owned by the Plantation Corp of Kerala at Munderi, around 40 km from here.” - Thaindian News
“A rampaging herd of elephants trampled to death two villagers in Purulia this evening.” - The Telegraph
” Long revered for their intelligence and sensitivity, elephants are Thailand’s national animal. Elephant Day is celebrated on March 13. A white elephant appeared on the country’s flag since 1917. The animals once paraded members of the royal family, served as super-weapons in Southeast Asian armies and worked in the forests, hauling logs for the Thai lumber trade.” - The China Post
“A microchip has been implanted on Ganesan, the temple elephant of the famous Lord Saneeswara temple at Tirunallar near Karaikal here.”- The Hindu
“A male Indian elephant eats bamboo. Nearly one-third of ivory items for sale in the United States may have been illegally imported after a US moratorium on the trade imposed in 1989, conservation groups said in a report Monday.” - Yahoo! News Photos
“A mahout casts a net from his elephant in Thailand’s Ayutthaya province, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Bangkok” - Yahoo! News Photos
“Elephants in Assam State Zoo can now roam around without heavy chains as authorities have envisaged “scientific” enclosures for them where they can live in natural surroundings.” - The Hindu
“An Asian Elephant greets visitors during an animal show at the Singapore Zoo” - Yahoo! News Photos
“Now aged 45, he is approaching retirement after a hard working life - and, like many of the 650 working elephants in the state, there have always been fears for his future.” -
Telegraph
“Concerned about the increasing incidents of captive elephants turning violent in Kerala, Mumbai-based Zachariah Mathew has developed a new device to rein in animals that run amok. “I was deeply disturbed when I heard that an elephant turned violent and trampled three people to death at a temple festival in Thrissur earlier this month. In a matter of few days, I designed a nylon belt fitted with a remote controlled device that could lock the legs of the elephant by the press of a button,” Mathew, managing director of Mumbai-based Senzo Engineering, told reporters here Saturday.”- Thaindian News
“Every summer, a tragedy unfolds in Kerala. Somewhere or the other, elephants trained to participate in temple festivals turn on their trainers and the religious congregation around them and stampede. Sometimes, they kill people. On April 24, an elephant ran amok at a temple near the coastal Thrissur city trampling an elderly woman to death and killing two men, including a mahout (while its own sat atop terrified) who it impaled on its tusk.” - Tehelka
“A mother elephant with its calf, electrocuted by a low dangling high-tension electric cable, died on the spot at Badrama Ghati range along Sambalpur-Deogarh districts border in Orissa.” - Thaindian News
