Tusker rescued from muddy pond near Alur

HASSAN: A two-hour operation on Monday culminated in the safe rescue of a tusker stuck in a slush-filled pond at Madhihalli of Alur taluk, Hassan district.According to K Harish , assistant conservator of forests, Hassan division, the tusker, around 12 years old, may have fallen into the pond on Sunday evening.

"It was trumpeting through the night.

As this area is infamous for animal-human conflict, we've advised locals not to venture out of their homes at night.

Early Monday morning, they rushed to the pond where they found the elephant trying to come out of the slush and alerted us.

We rushed there with a JCB ," he said.He added that the tusker was not violent.

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