Elephant Capture Operation Successfully Completed

Siddapur, Aug. 19: Forest department officials and staff have succeeded in capturing a lone elephant, about 32 years old, who had recently attacked a laborer in Yadur village and killed him.

The villagers had protested and blocked the road demanding the capture of this wild elephant, which was wreaking havoc in Yadur and Hatchinadu areas of Kannangal village. On this occasion, the Chief Conservator of Forests had promised to take action. Also, the Chief Minister's Political Secretary and Virajpet MLA A.S. Ponnanna had drawn the government's attention to the human-elephant conflict in the district in the assembly and helped get permission to capture three wild elephants.

In this context, the Forest Department team, which had been operating in Kannangal area for the last two days, began an operation to find the wild elephant from Wednesday morning. After the elephant was found near Kavadi village in Virajpet taluk, wildlife officials prepared to use the bait. Sharpshooter and Kushalnagar Sub-Divisional Forest Officer Kannanda Ranjan accurately used the bait on the elephant. As a result, the elephant traveled about one km. and landed near the lake of Chenda A Nishchit Bidappa in Chembebellur village. Immediately, the operation team personnel poured water on the elephant's head and tied strong ropes to its legs to bring it under control.

Later, with the help of the animals that had arrived from the Dubare elephant camp, an attempt was made to bring the elephant out of the lake and transport it to a lorry. But the elephant, which refused to come out of the coffee plantation, fought with the animals and tried to enter the plantation again.

The bull fought with the animals

When the animals Sugriva and Dhananjaya tried to pull the bull, it resisted by biting the animals with its teeth. The animals suffered minor injuries in the fight that lasted for some time. However, Operation,The team members dragged the bull about a km. away with the help of the animals and transported it to the lorry. The animals Lakshmana, Sugriva, Ajeya, Ishwara, and Dhananjaya cooperated in the operation.

The bull broke the gate

While the bull was being pulled by a rope, it tried to enter the coffee plantation again. At this time, the bull, enraged, broke the gate of the plantation belonging to Nishchit Bidappa.

The elephant also hit the crane

The elephant continued its aggression even while being loaded into the truck. The elephant hit the rails of the lorry and hit the crane that was being used to load it into the truck. The villagers at the scene were terrified after seeing the elephant's mischief.

Action to capture two more elephants

In the coming days, two more wild elephants that are causing trouble in the Kannangala village limits will be captured and relocated, said Virajpet Taluk Deputy Conservator of Forests Vinuta Chauhan.

The government has given permission to capture three wild elephants, and one elephant has been captured now. The operation to capture the remaining two wild elephants will be carried out in another day. The captured elephant will be relocated to the Dubare Sakane camp, he said.

More than 120 people, including forest department officials and staff, participated in the operation. He said that local villagers have also cooperated in the operation.

Under the guidance of District Chief Conservator of Forests Sonal Vrishni and Virajpet Taluk Deputy Conservator of Forests Vinuta Chauhan, Madikeri Division Deputy Conservator of Forests Abhishek, ACF Tahseen Banu, Zonal Forest Officers Shivaram, Gangadhar, Sub-Zonal Forest Officers, Elephant Task Force, RRT and ETF team personnel, Wildlife Medical Officers Dr Mujeeb and Dr Adarsh ​​participated in the operation.

In the operation that took place despite the rain, sharpshooter Ranjan played a key role in making the operation successful by administering anesthetic injections without missing the target. It is learnt that Ranjan has administered anesthetic injections in more than a hundred wild elephant capture operations so far.

Disclaimer: This article has been translated by xklsv.com using advanced AI-based translation tools. Please note that the use of AI for translation is still experimental and may not be 100% accurate. The original content is sourced from shakthidaily.info, and Shakthi Daily is not responsible or liable for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies that may appear in the translated version, including spelling, grammar, or contextual misunderstandings.

If you come across any mistakes or inconsistencies in this translation, we kindly request you to report them by sending an email to [email protected]

Your feedback will help us improve the quality.

The image in this article has been generated using artificial intelligence and is intended for illustrative purposes only. It may not reflect real-world accuracy.