“Savitri fled with her paramour. Bhola went on the rampage for not having a mate. On Thursday, it was the turn of Rupkali – another elephant in her fifties – to drown her frustrations in a pond at Dhaniakhali in Hooghly. ” – The Times of India

“A few months after a female circus elephant fled with a wild lover in Burdwan, a tusker caught in midlife crisis went on the rampage at a city circus – this time because he did not find a mate. ” – The Times of India

“Asia’s tallest elephant died, aged 51, on his way to take part in a temple festival in Kerala, southwestern India, the Times of India said on Monday.” – RIA Novosti

“Rowdy Ranga, the rogue pachyderm, is back. This time, he injured two persons, including a woman, who were guarding their fields on Tuesday night. ” – The Times of India

“Farmers in the Chandra range in West Midnapore have been spending sleepless nights over the last few days because of the presence of 22 elephants, including two tuskers, in the region. These elephants – now on their way back to the Dalma habitat after spending three months in Bankura – had wreaked havoc there. ” – The Times of India

“Rowdy Ranga, the rogue pachyderm, is back. This time, he injured two persons, including a woman, who were guarding their fields on Tuesday night. ” – The Times of India

“On Sunday afternoon, Kankaria zoo authorities faced a strange dilemma. A couple of young girls pleaded with the zoo authorities to let them take the baby elephant home. ” – The Times of India

“Another test is being conducted to mitigate the human-wildlife conflict. Instead of electric fences and crackers, this time, the forest department and an NGO are trying the great Indian rope trick. ” – The Times of India

“The Kamla Nehru Kankaria Zoo is looking for individual or corporate sponsors to fund the upbringing of this 75-kg newly-born baby elephant – a first in the western zone so far. ” – The Times of India

“Forest officials and villagers in the district had a close shave as one of the three rampaging elephants tranquilised by officials suddenly woke up and went berserk on Thursday when the ‘Operation Gajendra’ was set in motion. ” – The Times of India

“Karnataka hosts a healthy population of the gentle giants. That’s the finding of the agency which recently conducted a study of the elephant population in the state. ” – The Times of India

“The tusker menace in Srikakulam claimed yet another life, this time that of a reporter of a vernacular daily on Friday, bringing the toll to 16 since the first attack on August 13. ” – The Times of India

“Animal rights activists on Thursday swung into action to relieve a cow elephant from the clutches of her mahout after he was found using the pachyderm for seeking alms from passersby at Nigdi. The Nigidi police were summoned at the spot where the mahout was forcing the elephant to beg. ” – The Times of India

“The smile is finally back on the faces of the performers of Olympic Circus. For, Sabitri, the elephant who eloped’ with a tusker, is back in the ring after eight days. ” – The Times of India

“It’s the season of jumbo love, and the elephants in the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) are celebrating it with a rare candour. ” – The Times of India

“Public-private partnership has now made a foray into wildlife conservation. The decades-old national highway passing in the elephant-rich area of Rajaji National park between Haridwar and Dehradun has been infamous as a killing ground for the pachyderms. But the modern highway that has to be constructed on a build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis will have two exclusive elephant corridors. ” – The Times of India

” The 14-year old unfortunately fell before an elephant herd that strayed from Dalma forest in search of crops, forest department sources said. ” – The Times of India

” On June 6, officials from the forest department took into custody Lakshmi and Poornima after the mahout was found using them for begging. Lakshmi, who Oswal says is blind, was released and returned to the mahout a month later after the latter furnished an ownership certificate issued by the forest department at Lucknow and paid a bond of Rs 2 lakh” – The Times of India