Avoiding Brutality : Kerala Sends 3 Elephants To Tamil Nadu Training Camp

In a masked admission to brutal ways being the only known taming technique known to us, the forest department has lorried three of its elephants to a “kumki” or training unit in Tamil Nadu.

The big beasts will reach Mudumalai Elephant camp.

Kerala has the densest domestic elephant population in the country but the latest brief deportation is based on “lack of expertise”.

Here even the most reputed elephant handlers use clubbing, battering and excessive tortures to subdue the massive beast.

In contrast at Maudumalai, skilled tribals use ancient techniques handed down from times when elephants were revered as supernatural beings.

There are 599 documented elephants and over 100 undocumented elephants in the state. They are used for temple processions or heavy-duty logging. In either cases they are kept in open violation of rules meant to ensure elephant safety and prevention of cruelty. While TB is the biggest killer among state elephants, death from wounds kept raw deliberately gets reported on and off.


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