Wild Elephant captured in Madikeri

A wild elephant was captured by forest Department officials near Suntikoppa near Kushalnagara in the district on Wednesday.

The elephant, which had created a havoc, was captured and shifted to Dubare Elephant Camp.

The elephant had attacked several residents in the past few months. It had also destroyed the coffee, coconut and banana plantations. Moreover, the elephant had chased the vehicles, especially two wheelers, travelling on the Suntikoppa-Kushalanagar Highway.

In an attack by this elephant, Ibrahim (64), a coffee estate manager, had a narrow escape from the jaws of death only 15 days ago.

Deputy Conservator of Forests Manjunath said, "The elephant was captured at the Lalithadri Estate to prevent anymore harm to life and property. The elephant is aged around 19 years and is healthy.


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Corbett search team fails to locate 'injured' elephant

Authorities of Corbett National Park conducted a search on Saturday for an “injured” elephant that was spotted in the park’s Jhirna range on Friday. They could not locate the elephant aged around 25-30 years within the park’s boundaries. The search was launched after a man posted a photo and video of the elephant on Facebook. A veterinary doctor was included in the search team to give immediate relief to the animal on being spotted. Apart from this, arrangements has been made for proper medical care of the animal, if it suffers from serious injury. “The elephant seems to have moved out of the Corbett National Park area and could have gone towards Amangarh.

However, the search is still on for sighting the animal and for providing it medical relief,” said Amit Verma, deputy director of Corbett National Park. He said the people who informed the forest department about the elephant, said it had a considerable limp suggesting that it was injured. It is being suspected that the elephant might have sustained injuries due to his leg banging on some object or on account of fight with a tiger..

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