Tackling monkey menace in Wayanad
The Forest Department has resumed mass translocation of the simian population from various parts of Wayanad to remote forests in the wake of complaints of monkey menace. The project is being implemented
Animal Menace
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Elephantine problem for two political parties
New Delhi: Elephants might be a cause for serious concern for elections in Meghalaya, but the huge animal has created elephantine problem in neighbouring Assam and Sikkim for the Asom Gana Prarishad and Sikkim Sangram Praishad, quite symbolically. Renowned NGO PETA, has complained to the Election Commissions for parties like AGP using elephant as its election symbol.
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Wild elephants create havoc ahead of polls in Garo Hills
Shillong: Ahead of the first phase Lok Sabha elections, wild elephants in Meghalaya
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Elephant kills foreign tourist in Kaziranga Park
Guwahati: A 62-year old tourist from the Netherlands was trampled to death by a wild elephant inside the famous Kaziranga National Park in Assam on Tuesday. The tourist has been identified as Robert Goldbach.
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State poll officials face elephantine problem
Shillong: Over 200 polling booths, mostly in the Garo hills region in Meghalaya, have been marked 'sensitive' not because they face any law and order problem but for fear of attacks by wild elephants.
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Wild elephants destroy crops
DENKANIKOTTAI: Wild elephants destroyed crops near Kelamangalam on Thursday night and later roamed around Kottha lake area. Forest Department officials after much effort succeeded in sending them to the nearby Pavanatham forest on Friday evening. Eyewitnesses said that about four elephants from the forest entered the fields in Jakkeri in Kelamangalam and ate the crops.
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Thirsty camels cause havoc Down Under
WILD CAMELS were entering communities in the Australian outback and turning on taps in search of water, officials said on Wednesday.
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Cattle destroying crops in Quepem
Farmers from Quepem have complained that stray cattle have been damaging their paddy fields, forcing them to keep the fields fallow. As per the high court directives, every civic body is expected to have a cattle pound to impound stray cattle.
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Jumbo issue awaits leaders
March 29: Elephant menace is a jumbo poll issue in four Assembly and two Lok Sabha constituencies in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Chittoor districts in the state.
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Fly menace hits flow of tourists to Rameswaram
C. Jaishankar Eyesore: Flies feeding on waste in front of an eatery near the Sri Ramanathaswamy temple in Rameswaram. RAMANATHAPURAM: The fly menace, which has reached an unprecedented level, has caused a negative impact on arrival of tourists at Rameswaram, one of the major pilgrim centres in the State.
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Wild jumbos stray into villages
Villagers of Kolapura (H D Kote taluk) in Mysore district, had the shock of their lives on Saturday morning, when a wild tusker entered their village. Chaos ensued as panicky people and cattle ran helter-skelter to escape the tusker.