Elephants mourning a member of their herd after it was hit by a train in India on Howrah-New Delhi main railway route, refuse to leave the track and abandon their family member. Villagers have been keeping night-long vigil, but haven’t been able to drive away the herd. As India continues to develop its internal infrastructure, […]
No school today, elephants on campus As reported on The Hindu, a large group of 22 elephants, who killed 4 people during the weekend, arrived two hours before the school bell could ring, fortunately. The herd trampled down the fence and marched into the campus of Inventure Academy in Bangalore around 6.30 a.m. Monday and […]
Villagers relocate to make way for elephants and keep clear an important elephant corridor. An historical important gesture for conservation. “The Karbi people will create history in the field of environmental conservation by this unique gesture. We have to learn to live with the animals and I’m proud that the Karbis are showing the way […]
Recently, the news has been rife with reports of human-wildlife conflict over various parts of India. While there are many reasons for human-wildife conflict, here it is mostly because of new developments encroaching on forest lands and animal territories. Alongside humans, elephants and leopards are the most common animals victims to this conflict in India. […]
The great, unstoppable and lovely Jane Goodall gave yesterday the Future For Nature Award to Dr. Lucy King for her work on human-elephant conflict. The Elephant Advocacy League supports Dr. King’s work in Mozambique and Asia. We’re very proud to be one of her concrete supporters! www.elephantsandbees.com/research_project/Welcome.html Photo credits: Elephant Advocacy League In the picture: […]
African elephant fares better in countries with good education than in countries with newly created nature reserves. A new study by Dr Fred de Boer. Elephants are rare in African countries where poor schooling, a failing economy and widespread corruption are rife. Countries where these factors are well-organised have larger populations of elephants. It would […]
$13,000 reward for info leading to arrest offered if confirmed that the 14 Malaysian pygmy elephants were poisoned. Also PETA is offering a reward of about $6,600 and the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents in Sabah a $3,200 reward. Lab results are expected within about two weeks. In the meantime Baby Joe, the […]
The bodies of the highly endangered Borneo elephants were all near to each other and poisoning appears to be the likely cause, probably with pesticides. They may have ingested poison spread by oil palm plantation workers to keep “pests” from eating the palm fruit, said the wildlife director of the Malaysian state of Sabah on […]
A herd of 32 wild elephants that entered a mango orchard near Kelamangalam were driven back to the Reserve Forests by the forest officials after a four-hour exercise. This despite elephant proof trenches being dug for a distance of about 89 km. However, these trenches were breached by the farmers who wanted to take their […]
A passenger train has ploughed into and killed five elephants of a herd crossing railroad tracks. Mr. J.D. Sharma, chief conservator of the state’s wildlife department, accused the railroad authorities of ignoring his department’s warning that trains should slow down because a herd of elephants was moving in the area. Dozens of elephants have died […]
