“Almost 10 per cent of elephants have been killed in Congo’s troubled Virunga National Park by armed groups, soldiers, and poachers, allegedly driven by rising Chinese demand for ivory. ” - The Times of India

“Border Security Force (BSF) troopers gunned down a Bangladeshi national in Tripura and captured two elephants he and his associates were allegedly trying to smuggle into India, officials said on Friday.” - The Times of India

“A seven-year-old girl was trampled to death by a wild tusker in a forested stretch in Chhattisgarh, taking to eight the number of people killed by rogue elephants since June. Villagers have held demonstrations to demand that the wild elephants be hunted down.” - The Times of India

“Elephant poaching in India may increase as China plans to open its domestic market for limited sale of ivory products after a UN committee gave its consent, experts have said. ” - The Times of India

“Started barely a fortnight ago with much fanfare, the jumbo safari at the Arignar Anna Zoological park, Vandalur, has come to a halt. The two elephants used for the rides were injured in the foot a few days ago. ” - The Times of India

“The state government has mooted a plan to put up a fence with electric current at the Maharashtra, Goa-Karnataka border to overcome the increasing menace of elephants in the state. ” - The Times of India

“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

“Within a week of three elephants being poisoned to death inside Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, an elephant calf was run over by a train in the same forest on Tuesday morning. ” - -The Times of India

“A day after two elephants were found dead in Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, another calf’s carcass was discovered by forest officials near Khuklan forest village on Saturday morning. ” - The Times of India

“A female elephant and her calf were found dead at Khuklan forest village near Sukna in Darjeeling on Friday.
The forest department, however, tried to suppress the news. ” - The Times of India

“After six years of silence in the Nilgiris forest, poachers have struck again, killing a 12-year-old tusker near Thorapalli, about three km from the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. ” - The Times of India

“Goa’s forest department is likely to seek the centre’s intervention and put the ball in its court after yet another attempt to push the elephants into Maharashtra failed and they came face to face with the harsh reality. ” - The Times of India

“Maharashtra and Goa are holding Karnataka accountable for the elephant migration. They claim their crops are being damaged and want Karnataka to control the pachyderms. The problem has assumed such serious proportions that a series of high-level official meetings have taken place between Karnataka and Maharashtra. Six months ago, Maharashtra additional chief secretary held a meeting with then Karnataka forest secretary Sudhakar Rao. ” - The Times of India

“People of a town in Orissa’s Keonjhar district executed a barbaric revenge on an elephant that had killed eight people over the last two years. ” - The Times of India

“Spraying tiger urine and keeping camels as pets are some of the novel methods adopted by villagers in Jharkhand to keep away marauding elephants that destroy crops and kill people when in a fit of rage. ” - The Times of India

“In the thick jungles straddling TN and Karnataka where Veerappan once reigned and killed over 100 elephants, new poachers have sprouted over the past three years, gunning down 17 elephants so far for their valuable ivory tusks. ” - The Times of India

“Authorities at a wildlife museum adjacent to Corbett tiger reserve are in a fix after two tusks worth more than $ 12,000 were stolen. ” - The Times of India

“But little thought is spared to them after they age beyond 60, their official retirement age fixed by the forest department. Most of these elephants live in conditions detrimental to their being or are abandoned by the owners who adopt indifference towards the animal. ” - The Times of India