Elephant kills mahout

A 31-year-old mahout was trampled to death by a tusker at the Kottarkavu temple, near Mavelikara, on Wednesday.

The deceased was identified as Reni of Paravur. The police said Evoor Kannan, a 26-year-old elephant belonging to the Evoor Sreekrishna Swami temple, attacked its mahout while being given a bath at the temple compound around 5.15 p.m. The mahout’s body was shifted to the morgue of the District Hospital, Mavelikara.

On March 31, 2013, the elephant had killed its mahout during a festival at the Ambalappuzha Sri Krishnaswamy temple. Following the incident, it had not been paraded in major festivals until last year.

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Elephant kills mahout

ALAPPUZHA: A 31-year-old mahout was trampled to death by a tusker at the Kottarkavu temple, near Mavelikara. The dead was identified as Reni of Paravur. The police said Evoor Kannan, a 26-year-old elephant belonging to the Evoor Sreekrishna Swami temple, attacked its mahout while being given a bath at the temple compound around 5.15 pm. The mahout’s body was shifted to the morgue of the District Hospital, Mavelikara.

On March 31, 2013, the elephant had killed its mahout during a festival at the Ambalappuzha Sri Krishnaswamy temple. Following the incident, it had not been paraded in major festivals until last year.

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Carcass of elephant calf recovered from Bhavani river

Forest department officials recovered the carcass of a one-month-old male elephant from Bhavani River at Poochamarathur beat in Kobanari reserve forest coming under Karamadai forest range on Thursday. The calf was swept away in flash flood while crossing the river, department officials said.

A team of field staff, who were on routine rounds, had noticed the carcass. They alerted Karamadai forest range officer R Muthukrishnan, who rushed to the spot along with a team of field staff. Deputy director of forest veterinary NS Manoharan also reached the spot. A post-mortem was conducted at the spot and the carcass was cremated in the reserve forest area.

"Due to the southwest monsoon that began a few days ago, heavy rain is lashing the Western Ghats. Many rivers have heavy flows and flash floods. The elephant calf could not withstand the heavy flow in the Bhavani," said ranger Muthukrishnan.

Only the catchment area of Siruvani has received heavy rains, S Ramasubramanian, conservator of forest, Coimbatore circle, told TOI. "Many reserve forests in Coimbatore forest division did not get sufficient rain. However, elephant deaths due to starvation will come down due to the rain," he said.
Forest ranger officer from Boluvampatti forest range C Dineshkumar, said the department had imposed a ban on bathing at Kovai Courtallam for three days due to flash floods.

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