Chennai Online
April 12, 2007
Madurai, April 12: 'Project elephant', a Central government-sponsored scheme to protect elephants, was formally inaugurated in Tamil Nadu last evening when veterinary doctors of Mudhumalai wildlife sanctuary planted a microchip on an elephant at the Sri Meenakshi temple here.
Other elephants in the city, including those of the Sri Koodal Azhagar temple, Tiruparankunram and Kallazhagar temples and elephants in private hands would have microchips fixed behind their left ears.
Officials said the objective of the scheme was to protect elephants in the state, which have healthy genes, compared to those in Assam.
Forest rangers Kaleeswaran and forester Subramanian told reporters that the project would help ascertain the population of elephants. A detailed survey would be taken up later to formulate measures to protect them, they said.
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