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Between April 2021 and June 2026, the Assam Forest Department and WWF-India tracked four female-led herds and a solitary male in three high-conflict districts of Udalguri, Sonitpur and Biswanath
Once known as "The Land of a Million Elephants", only an estimated 800 elephants remain in Laos, as deforestation and exploitation push the species closer than ever to the brink of extinction. Despite the dwindling numbers, a Frenchwoman has made it her mission to give ageing elephants a new home, buying them from their abusive owners. Our France 2 colleagues report, with FRANCE 24's Andrew Hilliar.
The operation involves tranquilising the elephant and safely moving it to the kraal at Muthanga in Wayanad
Kannur Divisional Forest Officer says the Forest department expects to bring kumki elephants from the Muthanga elephant camp in Wayanad within the next two days.
Sugreeva’s weight is higher than that of Srikanta, who had earlier emerged as the heaviest among the first batch of elephants with a weight of 5,790 kg.
Four captive elephants are in the process of being transferred, while a fifth, five-year-old Durga, has been moved to the Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple
Wildlife specialists free an elephant from a tyre stuck around its neck, days after the trunk of another trapped in a wire-mesh trap was treated