ERODE: A wild elephant trampled a farmer to death in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) in Erode district of Tamil Nadu on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as M Ramasamy, 63, of Attamokkai area in Puthu Vadavalli. Sathyamangalam forest range officer (FRO) K R Palanisamy said the farmer owned 1.5 acres of land. He used to stay in a room on his farm at night to guard the crops. On Thursday...
COIMBATORE: Around 2,000 police personnel would be deployed from Masinagudi to Theppakadu on April 9 to provide security for Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Theppakadu elephant camp in the Nilgiris to honour mahout Bomman and his wife Bellie, heroes of Oscar-winning short documentary film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’.The 7km stretch, which is situated at the trijunction of Tamil Nadu,...
UDHAGAMANDALAM: 'Elephant Whisperers' Bomman and Bellie lost their latest 'baby' at the Theppakadu elephant camp in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve on Friday. The four-month-old elephant calf died of complications as it could not digest lactogen and due to the stress of separation from its herd.The calf was found inside a well at Dharmapuri on March 9. Forest veterinarians and Bomman went there and took...
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