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Jamshedpur: A female elephant, aged between 10 and 12 years, which sustained serious leg injuries reportedly after coming in contact with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Vintukh village in the Saranda forest recently, died on Sunday.The regional chief conservator of forest (RCCF), Kolhan division, Smita Pankaj, said that despite the efforts of the veterinary…
Recently, a new optical illusion sent the internet into a tizzy. In this, a group of elephants were arranged in a circle. While on first look, they all looked to be blue-purple in color (or rather violet), some of them on closer look, appeared more purple than the other. Let’s find out more…The illusion of…
NEW DELHI: A newborn elephant calf at Assam’s Kaziranga National Park has been named Mayabini after late singer Zubeen Garg’s famous song. Assam’s environment and forest minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said the female calf was born to an elephant named Kuwari. “Heartening news on #WorldAnimalDay — Kuwari, the elephant of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger…
Omkar has been raiding banana plantations and destroying crops in Goa’s villages close to Maharashtra It is an elephantine problem that has brought together three neighbours — Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra — to launch a concerted operation to rescue and rehabilitate a 10-year-old elephant Omkar. It is a gargantuan effort that will involve at least…
NEW DELHI: Shankar, the only African elephant at the Delhi Zoo, died on Wednesday night. He was 29. According to zoo officials, Shankar showed no sign of illness until September 16. The next morning, he ate fewer leaves and grasses than usual and had mild loose motion, though he consumed fruits and vegetables normally. The…
