“The Jharkhand forest department will constitute mobile squads to chase away wild elephants who create havoc in villages around the forests in the state, said an official on Thursday. ” - The Times of India
“Here is some good news for wildlife lovers. In the last six years, no case of elephant deaths due to train-hit has been reported from Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand, thanks to joint effort by the state Forest Department and the Railways. ” - The Times of India
“Thrissur, has urged the Forest Department to seize the three elephants now under the custody of former Minister R Balakrishna Pillai and his son and MLA K B Ganesh Kuamr.” - Newindpress.com
“A sum of Rs 54.24 lakhwas alloted for the habitat improvement plan, by the coal mine authorities in September 2004, to mitigate the likely impact of mining activities on wild life especially on elephants in the surrounding areas of new Bhubaneswari open cast mine.” - The Statesman
“The Wildlife Trust of India on Thursday handed over to the Forest Department the title deeds to 25.5 acres of agricultural land that comes in the path of the movement of elephants between the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Sanctuary and Kollegal forest, thus broadening the area of the corridor for unhindered movement of the animals between the two habitats.” - The Hindu
“Elephants in Kerala are set to enjoy a brighter future thanks to a new set of Forest Department rules aimed at ensuring their general welfare.” - Gulfnews
“But 24 hours after he was saved, the tusker and his mate were back with their tormentor thanks to the staff at the Forest Department.” - NDTV.com
“The Forest Department is all geared up to conduct the three-day-long elephant census in the State, scheduled to begin from May 7. ” - Deccan Herald
“The Forest Department has set up watch towers and camps at different places to prevent hunting of elephants in Meghamalai Sanctuary, officials said here today.” - The Hindu
“The Forest Department confiscated a pair of elephant tusks from the house of a suspected ivory dealer here on Wednesday. Two persons, Bhaskaran, 50, of Neriyamangalam and Chandran, 48, of Adimali, were arrested in connection with the seizure.” - The Hindu
“The Assam Assembly on Thursday 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 that trampled to death several persons in Sonitpur district.” - The Hindu
“The 40-year-old elephant that was rescued by the Forest Department and the non-governmental organisation People for Animals (PFA) in an emaciated state from a circus company some months ago, could not have asked for a worse fate.” - The Hindu
“Two days after it fell into a 20-foot pit beside a paddy field in the Jhalda area of West Bengal’s Purulia district, an elephant calf, barely a year old, was rescued by wildlife officials on Saturday night. Dehydrated and debilitated, it is now in a wildlife rescue centre at Surulia, 5 km away, awaiting a truck journey to a camp run by the Forest Department. Subrata Pal Chowdhury, Technical Assistant (Wildlife) led the operation.” - The Hindu
