Man trampled to death by elephants in Jharkhand: A 30-year-old man was on Tuesday trampled to death by a herd of elephants at Khaksa village in Pakur district, officials said. The herd of 30 elephants, including calves, which reached Pakuria block from Dumka district on Sunday night, also damaged crops, the villagers said.


Leopard kills 3-year-old boy in J-K's Reasi: In a second such incident this month, a leopard has killed a three-year-old boy in a remote hilly village in Mahore area of Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, officials said Tuesday.  A massive search operation has been launched to track down the beast which had earlier struck in Kansoli village of Mahore belt on December 8 and had mauled to death 8-year-old Rehmat Ali, they said.  The big cat ventured into Jamlan village from the nearby forest Monday evening, pounced on Wasim Akram when he was outside his house and dragged him away, the officials said.


They said the locals, aided by police teams, chased the leopard but only managed to recover the half-eaten body of the victim. The mutilated body was handed over to the family of the deceased after completion of legal formalities, the officials said.


Three lions die while crossing rail tracks: Three lions died after they were hit by a goods train near the Gir forest in Gujarat's Amreli district, an official said Tuesday. The incident occurred near Borala village in Savarkundla taluka when a pride of six lions was walking along the railway track passing from the village, which is located near the Gir Forest. "A goods train, headed to Pipavav port from Botad, hit three of six lions of the pride during midnight, which led to the death of two lions and a lioness", Chief Conservator of Forests, Junagadh wildlife circle, D T Vasavada told PTI.


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