Elephant death ‘

Sundargarh: A wild elephant was electrocuted to death on the outskirts of the Nuagaon village under Balani panchayat in  Sundargarh district on Monday night. Forest department officials seized the body of the pachyderm for autopsy.…

Rayagada: The carcass of a female elephant was found in the Chimpapur area under the Gunupur Forest Range in Rayagada district on Tuesday night. It is suspected that the elephant may have died due to electrocution. According to forest…

Bhubaneswar: The death of two elephant calves occurred in two separate incidents in Odisha. An ailing elephant calf died in Chandaka during treatment on Sunday. The carcass of another elephant calf was recovered in the Similipal sanctuary…

Bhubaneswar: The body of a dead elephant was found at Damanbhuin Bhandarijhar under the Tangi forest range in Khurda district on Friday. Though the exact cause of its death has not been ascertained, it is suspected that the pachyderm may…

Bhubaneswar: Two forest officials including a forester posted in the Angul district were suspended on charges of dereliction of duty following the discovery of the decomposed body of an elephant in the reserve forest of Jarapada range in…

Balasore: A pregnant elephant died after falling into a trench dug by the forest department to prevent the pachyderms from coming out of their jungle habitat towards the human settlements Kuldiha Sanctuary bordering Balasore and Mayurbhanh…

Angul:  The carcass of a wild elephant was discovered at the Kantamegha village under the Bantala forest range of Angul district in Odisha on Monday. The body of the elephant was found in the backyard of a villager named Antar Sahoo of…

Sundargarh: An ailing wild elephant died on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at Khesara forest under the Banki forest range in Sundargarh district. According to forest officials, this ailing pachyderm was first spotted in the Koida…

Bhubaneswar: A wild elephant was killed when a crude bomb it chewed up exploded in its mouth inside the Bharatpur forest on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. According to reports, around a fortnight back, the wild pachyderm had by mistake…

Balasore: The Similipal Field Director Office suspended Forester Padmavati Behera and Forest Guard Pramila Sena of Hatikholia in connection with the death of an elephant in a forest under the Hatikholia section of the Kuladiha Wildlife…