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Herd of tuskers strays into villages, triggers panic Updated: Updated: Over 80 Forest officials chase pachyderms back into forest Share Article AAA The herd of elephants that strayed into villages near Panamaram in Wayanad district on Friday. | Photo Credit: Sepcial Arrangement Over 80 Forest officials chase pachyderms back into forest A herd of wild elephants that strayed into human habitations near Panamaram in Wayanad district on Friday morning triggered panic among the local people. Forest Department sources said a herd of four tuskers had entered a village at Mechery from Pathiri reserve forest in the South Wayanad forest division. The herd was sighted inside a private coffee plantation at Mechery around 6.30 a.m. A team of Forest officials led by Chethalayath Forest Range Officer B. Asiff and Mananthavady Forest Range Officer K.V. Biju reached the spot. ....
Wayanad forest officer injured in tiger attack Updated: Updated: Three animals killed, villagers in panic Share Article Three animals killed, villagers in panic A Range Forest Officer (RFO) who was on duty at Kolavally, near Pulpally, on the Kerala-Karnataka border was attacked by a tiger on Sunday afternoon. T. Sasikumar, 55, RFO, Chethalayath forest range of the South Wayanad forest division, came under attack around 2.30 p.m. at a private plantation at Kolavally while a Forest Department team led by him was on a search operation for the tiger. He has been admitted to a hospital at Meppadi in the district with serious injuries on his left shoulder. ....