The captive elephant Guruvayur Peethambaran, one of the elephants involved in the tragedy ... was highly probable to enter musth, says the final report by R. Keerthi, Conservator of Forest ...

According to animal rights campaigner VK Venkitachalam, the jumbos' musth (mating ... Animal rights activists are concerned about captive elephants' frustration and abnormal behaviour, often ...

The elephant, whether captive or wild, evokes much interest, debate and controversy in Sri Lanka. On the one hand there is a cry among those who organize processions and religious pageants that there ...

Vantara, a renowned rescue center for captive elephants and other wild animals ... a bull elephant who was found heavily restrained during his musth period, resulting in severe physical and ...

With the death of three persons during a temple festival at Koyilandy on Thursday (February 13) when two elephants went on a rampage, the death toll from captive elephant attacks in the State rose ...