Forest Department

Narrow escape for four of a family as wild elephant goes berserk

February 04, 2023

Narrow escape for four of a family as wild elephant goes berserk

Arikomban has destroyed four houses at BL Ram in the last one week. A herd of female elephants was also spotted in the region.

January 28, 2023
Idukki: Wild elephants continue to trigger panic in the district

On Friday, the elephants stayed in one of the estates for hours until being forced away by forest officers after several failed attempts. The elephants, however, did not return to the woodlands, according to a wildlife officer.
January 26, 2023
Wild elephant herd tramples Forest Dept watcher to death in Idukki

Sakthivel had apparently failed to see the elephants in the dense fog and the animals had trampled him to death.
January 22, 2023
Forest Dept renames PT 7 as Dhoni, to train him as a kumki elephant

The elephant was tranquilised on Sunday morning and caged by afternoon.
January 20, 2023
Padayappa on the rampage again; wrecks vehicles, tramples crops in Munnar hills

In his latest escapade, tusker Padayappa destroyed the glasses of a mini-lorry parked on the roadside and an autorickshaw stationed near a house. It also damaged the butter beans crop in farms.
January 19, 2023
Forest Dept action against man who instigated ‘Padayappa’

The case has been charged under the Wildlife Protection Act against Chudala (42) aka Das, who is a contractor at the factory division of the Kadalar Estate of the Kannan Devan Company.
January 19, 2023
Operation PT 7 to capture wild tusker to begin today

Forests chief turns down demand for a third Kumki elephant.

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