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Wednesday, Jul 9, 2025
Hussain was a heroic presence in numerous missions led by the forest department in Kerala to resolve human-animal conflict.
The fence, which was reportedly installed to keep wild boars from trespassing into farmland, unfortunately, electrocuted the female elephant aged around 25 years.
In 2017 too, a medical team had submitted a report asking for a similar ban.
The festivities start at 5.30 am with the Maha Ganapathy homam led by Malliyoor Parameswaran Namboodiri. The ritual will be conducted with 10,008 coconuts.
With the Forest department yet to allocate compensation for their mother's death, the son, 19-year-old Manoj, was forced to discontinue studies to work as a daily wage labourer and support his two younger sisters.
The incident was reported from Vellikulangara forest range in Thrissur's Kodakara.
A 2017 study by World Animal Protection has stated that as many as 3000 elephants were held captive in tourist places across Asia and were denied enough food and water.
The gushing waters caught the wild tusker unaware, and it was swept away by the raging waters at Pillappara bathing ghat around 6 in the morning.
The shocking incident happened during the wee hours of Thursday.
Both Central and state governments are initiating various measures to minimise the risks and save both parties.
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