Chinna Thambi, the crop raiding tusker that was captured from Thadagam valley early this year, now guards the same kraal that was once used to keep him in captivity at the Varakaliyar elephant camp.

Chinna Thambi, the elephant belonging to Thadagam Valley reserve forests in Coimbatore district, earned a rare distinction of being the one and only wild elephant in South India to be caught twice and ...

The forest department may drive Chinna Thambi into Amaravathi block of Annamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) forest, around 15km away from the present spot. TIRUPUR: Giving nightmares to forest staff and the ...

Chinna Thambi grunts and I jump. For a moment, I forget about the mammoth wooden enclosure that separates us. It’s called a kraal, and is used to tame wild elephants. He has every reason to loathe us.

He’s a social-media star with a devoted fan base. Sita Lakshmi loved playing with water, bathing, eating fruit and leaves. Chinna Thambi, a bull elephant, was born in the Thadagam forest near ...

It is as though a festival is in progress on a patch of forest at the Periyanayakkanpalayam range. Scooters and cars are parked haphazardly along a stretch as families arrive in droves, children in ...

Deputy Director of ATR A S Marimuthu said that Chinna Thambi learnt to obey most of the 42 commands developed using Urdu and Malayalam. COIMBATORE: After 132 gruelling days in the kraal (wooden ...