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In Sri Lanka, human-elephant conflict takes deadly toll

An average of 138 people have been killed in encounters with the animals each year in Sri Lanka since 2019

Sri Lanka mourns iconic tusker amid renewed calls to address human-elephant conflict

COLOMBO – The death of Kavantissa, one of Sri Lanka’s most iconic wild tuskers (Elephas maximus maximus), following a gunshot injury triggered an extraordinary wave of public grief...

Elephants facing anthropogenic hazards in Assam

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

Death of iconic elephant in Sri Lanka pushes authorities to fast-track protection efforts

GALGAMUWA, Sri Lanka – Residents in Galgamuwa, a rural village in Sri Lanka’s North Western Province are mourning the death of an iconic wild, bull elephant that roamed the area. W...

Women farmers in Sumatra find a gentler way to keep elephants at bay

On the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, in the buffer zone of a national park, a women-led farming group has come up with a solution to reduce encounters with elephants. Deforestation...

Perak Perhilitan monitoring elephant herd after crop destruction complaints

IPOH, Oct 21 — The Perak Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) has received six official complain...

Photographing Sri Lanka’s human-elephant conflict — Interview with Federico Borella

COLOMBO – For award-winning Italian photographer Federico Borella, capturing Sri Lanka’s human-elephant conflict on camera is more than just a photographic assignment. Keen to reco...

Human-wildlife clashes on the rise in China’s Giant Panda National Park

Friction between humans and wild animals at China’s Giant Panda National Park intensified significantly over the past decade as conservation efforts expanded, a new study has found...

Tribal man killed in wild elephant attack in Keralam’s Idukki

​The Chinnakkanal area uder the Devikulam forest range continues to be a hazard for residents due to escalating human-wildlife conflict

Constant Movement Of Elephant Herd Raising Concerns In PM District

Repeated elephant sightings and crop damage in Parvathipuram Manyam district have raised safety concerns among villagers, commuters and tribal farmers.

Sri Lanka elephant found with a gunshot wound. How can tuskers be protected?

COLOMBO –- Wildlife enthusiast Pathum Bandara watched Kavantissa, believed to be Sri Lanka’s tallest living tusker, moving gently through the landscape on Sept. 20 around Galgamuwa...

Monkeys, wild boars emerge as major sources of human-wildlife conflict in Wayanad

A three-year scientific study conducted by researchers from Kannur University and the University of Geneva across 49 villages finds that monkeys account for the highest proportion...

368 farmers gave up part of their land so elephants could cross the valley safely. Trail cameras show 529 already have

The nearly 9-mile corridor links Tanzania's savanna to the Udzungwa Mountains, where up to 1,000 elephants climb steep rainforest slopes.

Migrating elephants kept getting struck by high-speed trains. New radar sensors will bring trains to a halt to let them...

Sri Lankan officials are taking a new approach to keeping elephants safe from high-speed locomotives.

Bamboo mass flowering and die-off can trigger ecological crisis and wildlife conflict, study warns

Synchronous flowering and die-off can open the door to invasive weeds, fuel wildfires, trigger rodent surges and push elephants into farmland, says Kerala Forest Research Institute...

In Malaysia, injured elephant Sulong’s 100km trek home drives logging debate

The lonely journey of a bull elephant trying to return to its jungle home has captured the hearts of Malaysians over the past week, putting a spotlight on the plight of wildlife st...

Tribal man injured in elephant attack at Nilambur in Keralam

Wild elephant tramples 80-year-old woman to death in Keralam

Forest Department officials later reached the spot in Kollam and drove the elephant back into the forest

Naberera walalamikia tembo kuua mtoto na kuharibu mazao

Baadhi ya wakazi wa Kijiji cha Naberera wilayani Simanjiro mkoani Manyara, wameiomba Serikali kuwadhibiti tembo wanaovamia makazi yao, kwani wamesababisha kifo cha mtoto mdogo na k...

Human-animal conflict in Keralam: Compensation for victims likely to be revised

Sources in Ministry of Agriculture confirm that revised compensation package is likely to be announced after the State-level conclave on human-wildlife conflict to be held at Thiru...

Alert to Villages on Elephant Herd Movement in Seshachalam

Villages close to the forest areas have been alerted.

Scientists in Thailand hid fruits in an opaque box; 16 Asian elephants learned to navigate it for rewards and followed i...

In Thailand, Asian elephants demonstrate remarkable adaptability in their feeding behaviors when encountering challenges. Studies indicate that these elephants can switch from dire...

State-level conclave to discuss strategy to address human-wildlife conflict: Minister

Experts from Veterinary University, Kerala Agricultural University, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Wildlife Institute of India, and Kerala Forest Research Institute, besi...

52-year-old woman killed in elephant attack at Attappady in Keralam

According to police, a wild elephant that crossed Bhavani river attacked Bushra and her son. Bushra suffered serious injuries to her head and later succumbed