Elephant Menace

Dhenkanal: As a tusker has been frequenting Shyamacharanpur area on the outskirts of the district headquarters town here and has made the Sai Mandir area its bastion for the last two days, the denizens have turned panicky and spending…

Cuttack: In yet another elephant menace reported in the State, an elderly farmer of Choudwar area was found trampled to death in the paddy field this early morning. While the deceased has been identified as Ratnakar Behera of Budhalinga…

Dhenkanal:   The villagers of Sogor under Anlabereni forest section of Kamakhyanagar (Western) Range in Dhenkanal Forest Division are now spending sleepless nights due to the ongoing elephant menace as a herd of 23 pachyderms have damaged…

All government and private schools in Korai, Danagadi and Sukinda blocks of Jajpur district have been closed for a day on Friday as a wild tusker has unleashed a reign of terror in the areas.

Two persons have been killed after being allegedly attacked by wild elephants at Suleipal village under Kaniha block of Angul district on Thursday.

Two elderly persons were killed and one injured after being attacked by wild tuskers in Angul and Dhenkanal districts of Odisha on Saturday.

An elderly woman was crushed to death under a wall after a tusker demolished her house at Kainsara village under Sadar Forest Range in Sundergarh.

The pachyderms have caused fear and panic again in Khurda as a woman was critically injured while several sacks of paddy were destroyed as wild elephants entered human habitation early today morning.

Man-animal conflict took a violent turn today as rogue jumbos ran wild into human habitation in Bhusundapur station under Tangi police limits here today morning and injured as many as three persons.

A farmer was allegedly trampled to death by a herd of elephants at Modipara village under Rajgangpur forest division early today morning.