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Rehabilitated hand-raised elephant calves released in Manas National Park

“The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) along with its partner the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the Assam forest department has rescued and rehabilitated 13 abandoned elephant calves in Assam. Five of these were reunited with their natal herds almost immediately after their rescue. The remaining 8 animals have been hand-raised by trained wildlife staff in the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) based near Kaziranga National Park.” - Wildlife Extra

May 2, 2008   No Comments

Elephant kills man in park

“One person was killed and another seriously injured by a wild elephant near Kaziranga National Park today, official sources said.” - The Telegraph

March 27, 2008   No Comments

Kaziranga pays for elephant attack

“A beat officer of Kaziranga National Park was critically injured and a bleeding guard spent the entire night tied to a tree after villagers incensed by a woman?s death in an elephant attack chose to vent their anger on forest staff.” - The Telegraph

January 16, 2008   No Comments

Fond farewell to Kaziranga?s loveable rogue

“Kaziranga National Park today lost its loveable rogue, a 78-year-old tusker who ferried tourists through the grasslands of the rhino habitat for 30 years before a mid-safari joust with a rival elephant killed an American woman and forced it into premature retirement.” - The Telegraph

December 3, 2007   No Comments

The Gruesome Death Of An Elephant In Assam

“The incident took place in Ahom village near this town in Golaghat district, about nine kilometres from the famous Kaziranga national park. Residents of the village had repeatedly attacked the male ‘makhna’ elephant in the last two months after it raided their paddy crops on several occasions.” - Newspost

October 16, 2007   No Comments

Elephants translocated to Manas National Park

“Six elephants from the Kaziranga National Park in the State have been translocated for the first time to the State’s Manas National Park, to multiply the pachyderm polpulation there.” - The Hindu

February 27, 2007   No Comments

Conservation history by elephants in Assam

“Six elephant calves, rescued from different parts of Assam and raised in an animal farm in the Kaziranga National park, were Saturday relocated to a wildlife sanctuary in the first such conservation exercise undertaken by India.” - RxPG News

February 27, 2007   No Comments

Conservation history by elephants in Assam

“Six elephant calves, rescued from different parts of Assam and raised in an animal farm in the Kaziranga National park, were Saturday relocated to a wildlife sanctuary in the first such conservation exercise undertaken by India.” - Earth Times

February 24, 2007   No Comments

Campaign to save elephants

“A global campaign is gathering steam against the unabated stone quarrying close to an elephant corridor in Kaziranga National Park. International wildlife organisations have started a ?Save the elephant campaign?, urging Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to stop human activities there.” - The Telegraph

July 25, 2005   No Comments

Indian Elephant Festival to Reduce Tension Between Man & Animal

“To promote tourism, increase awareness about wildlife and reduce ?tension between elephants and man?, the northeastern Indian sate of Assam celebrated a two-day elephant festival from January 12-13, at Mihimukh near Kaziranga National Park, a wildlife sanctuary in the country.” - Islam Online

January 15, 2003   No Comments