FIAPO asks Karnataka to restrict elephant captures, citing HC order following death of Dasara elephant Arjuna in 2023.

HC issued the directive while disposing of a suo motu petition initiated in June last year, following a Bangalore Mirror ...

The death of Dasara elephant Arjuna was grieved by countless animal enthusiasts throughout Karnataka. Arjuna, who was estimated to be around 64 years old, died while involved in an operation to ...

Additional safeguards, including radio collaring of elephants and construction of road overpasses, were advised to minimize ...

The Dasara festival completed 400th anniversary in 2010. The idol of the Goddess Chamundeshwari is placed on a decorated elephant. Colourful tableaux, folk artists, music bands and decorated ...

Mahouts (elephant handlers) here follow strict guidelines ... Once a training ground for the royal Mysore Dasara elephants, it's now a place where travellers can help bathe, feed, and care ...

The Dussehra festivities are here, and so are Dussehra processions. In Mysore, like every year, this time too, the elephant Abhimanyu will carry the 750-kg Golden Howdah and lead the procession.