July 30 2026

July 30, 2026

The Elephant News Service is provided by Save the Elephants for elephant lovers, scientists and conservationists who want to stay informed on the latest elephant news from reputable media sources worldwide. The stories are presented in no particular order.

The Hindu (India), July 28, 2026

The Crime Branch has arrested an absconding accused in the 2005 theft of elephant tusks and around 100 kg of sandalwood billets from a Forest department warehouse near the Kasaragod railway station.

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The Times of India (India), July 28, 2026

A 42-year-old man was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants at Jaridih village under Birni block of Giridih, officials said on Tuesday. Divisional forest officer of Giridih West, Ankit said that the deceased was identified as Upendra Yadav. He had allegedly moved dangerously close to the elephants inside the forest when the agitated herd attacked him.

Senthil Kumaran, Times of India (India), July 28, 2026

The incidences of wild elephants straying into villages in the Muthiyala Maduvu area and damaging crops have come down after a 19km-long iron barrier fence was erected along the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border. Herds of elephants migrate during October and November from Bannerghatta National Park and the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka.

Onmanorama (India), July 28, 2026

Four additional Rapid Response Teams (RRTs), 60 km of new solar fencing, scientific wildlife studies and steps to resolve long-pending forest land disputes are among the measures included in the UDF government's 100-day programme to mitigate the escalating man-animal conflict in Wayanad, Forest Minister Shibu Baby John said on Tuesday.

Bioengineer (U.K), July 28, 2026

More than 15 years of collaboration between Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Houston Zoo has produced the first peer-reviewed evidence that an experimental mRNA vaccine could protect young Asian elephants against elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV), one of the deadliest threats to the species.

Srimoyee Chowdhury, India Today (India), July 29, 2026

A video shared by Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Parveen Kaswan has offered a glimpse into how artificial intelligence is helping prevent human-elephant conflict. The clip shows a herd of elephants quietly emerging from the forest at night before AI-enabled surveillance cameras detect their movement and trigger an alert, allowing forest officials to respond before the animals reach a nearby village.

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