Threats of wild elephants are increasing in Sri Lanka and the Wildlife Conservation Department is accused of doing nothing to deal with the situation.

Sri Lanka News

A baby elephant, who lost her leg in a landmine accident, has been fitted with an artificial leg.

ABC News

This is a strange story. In India, a wild elephant picked up a little girl and held her for 30 mins. The elephant then put her down. The elephant also threw a stone at the girl’s father, which knocked him unconscious. An elephant expert has said that elephant’s tend to like children and rarely harm them.

The Telegraph

Mahouts in Thailand are using cute baby elephants to earn money from tourists.

The Vancouver Sun

Two elephants died in the Mysore district of India. A 6 year old male was electrocuted and an tame adult died from an illness.

The Times of India

A runaway elephant who got stuck in a swamp was rescued. Unfortunately, the video is not available in the United States

CBBC Newsround

A three year old male elephant was found dead in the Makanapura village in India. The exact cause of death was not known but he had injury marks on him.

Mangalorean.Com

A man was trampled to death by a wild elephant in the Chandrabhaga village in India.

Indopia

A herd of 150 hungry elephants rampage through a village in India. A family of three was killed while sleeping in their hut.

Philadelphia Inquirer

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