In a tragic incident, as many as seven elephants died after coming in contact with sagging live electric wire in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district late Friday night. According to the reports, a power line was being set up as part of laying of a new railway line where an overhead electric[Read More…]
Tag: Elephants
Elephants above 40-years need to pass fitness test for annual fair participation
Kerala: Tamed elephants in Kerala to go through fitness test as a compulsory health check-up programme ahead of the festival season. All the elephants above 40 years will be examined thoroughly and without a detailed health check-up, no elephant will be allowed to participate in the annual religious festival, said[Read More…]
Hard to make orphaned animal children eat, harder to make them relieve; Here’s the solution
Assam: Abandoned and rescued elephant and Rhino calves deprived of mother milk are hard to feed and harder to make them relieve. Despite their sizes, they have a weak digestive system they tend to be lactose-intolerant when fed the closest alternative — Lactogen. However, on the occasion of World Rhino[Read More…]
Buzzing sound of bees to ward off elephants from railway tracks
Indian Railways has come up with an initiative to save lives of elephants dying on railway tracks. Rangapara North region railways have discovered a wonderful technique to ward off the elephants that come close to the railway tracks while grazing and becoming prey to speedy train sometimes. Under this innovative[Read More…]
Sonakshi wants freedom for elephants used as rides in Jaipur
Mumbai: Actress Sonakshi Sinha has written a letter to Rajasthan Minister for Forest, Environment, Youth Affairs and Sports Gajendra Singh Khimsar to relocate an elephant to a rehabilitation facility for urgent care after reports of a violent beating. A group of American tourists witnessed eight men violently beating the elephant known[Read More…]
Assam floods: Lakhs displaced, 20 died, scores of animals washed away
Assam is reeling under heavy floods, which has affected at least 18 lakh people in 22 districts of the state and over 20 have people died in the floods. Over one lakh people have been forced to abandon their houses and take refuge in relief camps. Flood waters have inundated[Read More…]