Thursday, November 01, 2018

Dasara elephant, guards escape electrocution


MYSURU: Dasara elephant Gopalaswamy had a narrow escape from
being electrocuted as the truck ferrying him rammed an electric pole on

Tuesday night. Though the electric wire fell on him and the truck, the fuse
blew out, cutting off power supply, and averted a major tragedy.

The incident occurred at 10pm in Kolavige, Nagarahole Tiger Reserve.

Gopalaswamy and two other elephants from Mathigodu camp were being
ferried in separate trucks to Sakleshpur, Hassan, to capture a wild tusker.

The elephants were accompanied by their mahouts and kavadis in the
trucks. Deputy conservator of forest (wildlife) Siddaramappa told TOI that
that animals were transported at night to avoid traffic and heat.

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1 comment:

Kristen Brown said...

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