Category — Asian Stories

Villages poisoned an elephant to death after it rampaged through the village in the Khuti district in India.

The Economic Times

There have been a series of elephant deaths in the Bangalore area of Infia. The State Forest Department is gathering data on these deaths and will be submitting a report.

express buzz

Elephants assist in the capture of a wild elephant who had recently killed three people in the Avaregunda village.

The Times of India

An interview with David Ferris, Director of the Asian Art & Conservation Project. The project trains elephants to paint and money raised by the art is used to support the elephants and provide them with better care.

GreenMuze

Microchips are being installed in elephants at the Jim Corbett National Park in India. Each chip will have an ID number, which will allow researchers to track them.

The Times of India

“Plans are afoot to erect electric fences surrounding the forests where elephants roam frequently considering the safety of villages while establishing a typical environment to elephants, North Western Province Wild Life Director Manjula Amararatne said. ” – Sri Lanka News

An illegal coffee plantation has been built within the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park in Indonesia, which is causing conflict between humans and elephants. To reduce the number of elephant deaths, a GPS collar has been devised for elephants. By knowing the elephant’s location, humans can be warned when the elephants are entering their area and prepare for them without having to resort to killing them.

BBC NEWS

“The elephants have gone on the rampage across three villages under Bishnupur police station since Monday night. They first attacked the house of Renta Kisku of Morar village under Bishnupur police station around 11 pm on Monday. Then, they moved on and killed a buffalo and injured another both tied to a tamarind tree outside Bijoy Kisku’s house.” – The Times of India

“Angered by frequent crop raids, farmers in Coimbatore Forest Division (CFD) are not just demanding better compensation; they are questioning the protection the Asian elephant receives under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act. ” – The Times of India

“Thus, at a time when temple festivals cannot do without elephants, the Kanichukulangara Temple in Alappuzha district has become the first in the State to discontinue the use of elephants.” – Express Buzz

“Posting of two elephants from Bondla zoo to help forest department staff patrolling Goa’s border areas around Chandel and Hassapur has
helped keep two pachyderms, which had destroyed crops in Mopa and Anconem, at bay for some time. ” – The Times of India

“A herd of wild elephants trampled a housewife to death and injured two others in Gogalia area under Lama upazila in Bandarban early yesterday.” – The Daily Star

“Now, when not eating or locked in combat, elephants spend a great deal of time pooping — a single elephant will excrete 400 to 450 pounds of dung per day. Hoping to ease the farmer-elephant conflict, Mr. Ellie Pooh, a U.S.-based eco-business, along with Maximus, a Sri Lankan paper producer, are trying to persuade Sri Lankan farmers to see the elephant as a sustainable profit maker rather than crop taker. Enter “pachyderm paper.” (Oddly, this isn’t my first dung-into-dollars sort of post. . .) ” – Plenty Magazine

“The population of wild elephants in Manipur was 12 in 2002 as against 30 in 1997.Sources from the Ministry of Environment and Forest said today that Manipur had 50 elephants in 1993 census.” – E-Pao!

“At least 26 wild elephants entered two villages of Orissa and damaged crops, an official said Friday.” – Sindh Today

“At least 10 tigers and 57 elephants have been poached in India during last three years, the environment and forests ministry said Wednesday but said the government was doing its best to protect wildlife.While poachers in Rajasthan killed four tigers, two tigers each in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Kerala fell victims to wildlife criminals, according to a ministry report.” – Thaindian News

All elephant lovers know that one of the amazing things about elephants is that they can paint and that they enjoy it. Here is the list of all the articles about elephants and painting indexed on this site.

Here is a video of an elephant painting. I am truly amazed at what the elephant creates.

A great book about elephant painting is When Elephants Paint : The Quest of Two Russian Artists to Save the Elephants of Thailand. The authors set up the Thai Elephant Art School and taught the elephants how to paint, which the elephants enjoy, auction the painting and use the proceeds for elephant conservations efforts. How cool is that?

If you are interested in purchasing this book, clicking on the link below will help support this site.

When Elephants Paint: The Quest of Two Russian Artists to Save the Elephants of Thailand
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If you are interested in purchasing a painting created by an elephant the Elephant Art Gallery sells abstract paintings created by elephants. The Elephant Art Gallery is affiliated with the National Elephant Institute in Thailand.

photo credit: Cybjorg

“Rogue elephants have killed another man in Wokha, this time in Yanmhon. One Belka Orang, an Adivasi, was killed on November 29, when elephants went on a spree destroying paddy fields, fishery ponds and plantations and even government and private houses in and around Yanmhon.” – Morung Express News –