Page 17 - Elephant Attack News Today

A 45-year-old woman was trampled to death when a herd of wild elephants damaged three houses in search for foodat a village in Madhya Pradesh's Dindori district, an official said on Tuesday.

The incident took place on Saturday night in Belgaon village under Manendragarh forest range when a wild tusker entered the under-construction house of Gulab Singh Gond and trampled him and his 6-year-old daughter Shanu to death.

The incident unravelled when the herd of elephants came from the forest area to the human-inhabited in search of food on May 5.

Villagers are scared to venture out following encounters with tuskers that ended in deaths and grief.

Two women and a man were killed in separate incidents of elephant attack in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district, a forest department official said on Sunday. 

Authorities in Uganda are carrying out an investigation into the death of a Saudi national who an elephant trampled to death. The tragedy occurred on Tuesday at the Murchison Falls national park, which is a renowned tourist attraction in Africa. The deceased was attacked by an elephant while taking a rest.

A 55-year-old man was trampled to death by elephants in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said on Thursday.

Over the last ten years a total 812 people and 900 elephants were killed as competition for land intensified.

Two Sri Lanka Cricket groundstaff at the Sooriyawewa Stadium in Hambantota have died in what is believed to have been an elephant attack, the board confirm

Two persons, including a woman, were killed and another seriously injured when a rogue elephant attacked them on separate occasions in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district on Saturday, the police said.