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Monday, Jul 7, 2025
Attempts by locals to shoo away the tusker only made things worse as the enraged elephant chased them back into their homes.
Forest officials coordinated to reduce water flow, allowing the elephant to safely return to the riverbank.
The incident happened two days after the same elephant was chased into the deep forest.
The tusker at Punnathoor Kotta whose tusks had grown so close together that he couldn't raise his trunk.
Forest officials conducted a preliminary inspection at the scene.
The young elephant heads straight for the bamboo-thatched bathrooms next to the homes.
The incident occurred around 2 pm in the Meenmutti forest, where she had gone to collect mace.
The herd first entered the residential areas near the Murikkattukudi trench around 8 pm last night.
A former footballer was killed by a wild elephant while walking through a plantation near his home in Pandalur
Officials with the Electrical Inspectorate said that deaths due to electric shock from unauthorised fencing have been on the rise in districts like Malappuram, Thrissur, Palakkad and Idukki.
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