13K views · 516 reactions | Four days after the Tamil Nadu Forest Department reunited a stranded elephant calf with its herd in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR), field staff tasked to monitor the pachyderms had a rewarding moment that will be etched in their memories forever. | The Hindu | Facebook

A video shared by the Tamil Nadu forest department shows footage from an AI-based surveillance system that helps prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks. The system, installed along a track in Madukkarai, consists of 12 towers, each equipped with AI cameras capable of thermal and visible light imaging, along with live viewing. This has facilitated more than 6,500 safe crossings and there have been no elephant deaths since November 2023 along those tracks, the state’s forest department said in

In a move to phase out plastic bags used in its nurseries, Tamil Nadu Forest Department has launched a project to replace them with small pots made of coir pith, a biodegradable alternative. According to Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change, and Forest Department, the coir pith alternative to plastic bags is made for the department at Pollachi in Coimbatore district. The Forest Department has 218 nurseries across the State where saplings are raised for its affore

4.9K views · 99 reactions | #WATCH | Tamil Nadu: In the Namakkal district, near the forest department checkpoint at the base of Kolli Hills in Karavalli, a bamboo grove and trees caught fire. Upon receiving the information, the Namakkal fire and rescue services personnel fought the fire for several hours and managed to bring it under control. This prevented the fire from spreading in the Kolli Hills area. Report: S. Kannan | All India Radio News | Facebook

24K views · 39 reactions | A team of Tamil Nadu forest officials in the Gudalur division of the Nilgiris received a big round of applause from social media users after rescuing a baby elephant which accidentally fell into a deep sand well. The forest department shared a video of the baby elephant reuniting with its mother soon after. #elephant #baby #mother #rescue #animals #TamilNadu | India Today | Facebook