KOLLAM: Elephants have long been the central attraction of Kerala’s religious festivals, but the rising number of deaths from ...

The Supreme Court's recent remark that using elephants in temple celebrations is part of our culture highlights how ...

Kerala has seen 344 fatalities stemming from human-wildlife conflicts, according to Environment and Forest Minister Bhupendra ...

A total of 344 people have lost their lives in human-animal conflicts across Kerala between 2021 and 2025, Environment and ...

Many temples in South India have elephants on their premises, blessing devotees with their trunks. In an innovative twist, Kerala has embraced a 'cruelty-free' way of continuing this tradition.

The Supreme Court has stayed the Kerala High Court's interim order restricting elephant processions during festivals, ...

Thrissur: Wild elephants have uprooted nearly a hundred cocoa trees over the past two days in Kundayi, Palappilly here. The ...

One thing, though, these mechanical elephants were made by two Kerala-based companies. Parading elephants in religious processions is a matter of pride for organisers and participants in Kerala.

It flaps its ears and squirts water from a waving trunk, but this elephant is a life-size mechanical replica rolled out to replace the endangered animals in Kerala temples. Adorned robotic ...

Kerala is now home to 389 captive elephants, a considerable fall from the 521 that were enumerated during a Statewide exercise in 2018. The latest captive elephant census was concluded by the ...