Elephant and calf reunited in Megamalai
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The forest officials reunited the calf with its mother after tracing its footprints deep into the forest in Meghamalai.
An elephant calf was reunited with its mother by forest officials of the Megamalai Wildlife Division on Friday. Earlier in the day, both the calf and the mother were rescued from a well near Arasaradi in the Varushanadu forest range.
At about 6 a.m, the forest officials received information from the villagers that an elephant and its calf had fallen into the well. A rescue team was deployed to rescue the mother and the calf.
HC orders CBI probe into elephant poaching incidents
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Court says the network involved is cutting across boundaries
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Court says the network involved is cutting across boundaries
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into a series of elephant poaching incidents reported in the State. Most of the incidents took place in a decade prior to 2015 and allegedly involved influential persons.
A Division Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Sathish Kumar observed that the crimes indicated that the network involved was cutting across boundaries. This was not a mere case of poaching, but a demand was created by customers and the names would tumble out after the investigation.
CBI probe ordered into elephant poaching
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Incidents took place for over a decade prior to 2015
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Incidents took place for over a decade prior to 2015
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered a CBI probe into a series of elephant poaching incidents reported in the State. Most of them took place for over a decade prior to 2015 and allegedly involved influential persons from across the country.
A Division Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Sathish Kumar observed that the crimes indicated that the network involved cut across boundaries. This was not a mere case of poaching, but a demand was created by unknown customers and these names would tumble out after the investigation.
Leopardess found dead
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A one-year-old female leopard was found dead in Megamalai reserve forest, Chinnamanur Range. All body parts like skin, nails, teeth were intact and prima facie there was no evidence of poaching, said forest officials.
As per site inspection, the death occurred due to a road accident and the leopard was found with injuries to legs and head. The carcass was burnt after a post mortem as per the National Tiger Conservation Authority Standard Operating Procedure.
The Post mortem was conducted by a team comprising Dr Ashokan, Forest Veterinary Surgeon, Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve and Dr. Selvam, Veterinary Surgeon, NT Patti in the presence of Sachin Bhosale, IFS, Wildlife Warden, Megamalai Wildlife Division, R. Guganesh, ACF, Megamalai Wildlife Division, A. Vinodh, Project Officer, WWF India, Sathish Kannan, FRO Megamalai, Field staff of Chinnamanur range, Ramkumar, representative of local NGO VANAM, VFC President.