Siddapur, Mar. 22: Forest department officials and staff have succeeded in capturing a wild elephant that was roaming in a coffee plantation and attacking humans while destroying agricultural crops.
The villagers had demanded that the lone elephant, which was roaming in the coffee plantations of Maithadi, Kuklur, Maggula, Armeri, Kadanur, Bilugunda, Aimangala, Devanageri and Bellur villages of the Virajpet forest zone, be captured. In this context, Virajpet MLA and Chief Minister's legal advisor A.S. Ponnanna had proposed in the House and obtained permission to capture the wild elephant. Recently, a wild elephant that was attacking and killing humans was captured in the village of Chennayyana Kote. Now on Sunday, forest department officials in Kuklur village, with the help of livestock, conducted an operation after completing the morning puja. The operation started at 10 am. At 1 pm, a huge lone elephant, approximately 35 years old, was found. The livestock immediately surrounded the lone elephant. Immediately, Wildlife Medical Officer Dr. Ramesh filled the gun with anesthetic. Sharpshooter Kushalnagar Sub-Zonal Forest Officer Kannanda Ranjan applied the anesthetic. Soon, the elephant roamed around the coffee plantation for about 500 meters and finally collapsed in the coffee plantation of Kuttanda Prabhu of Kuklur village.
Immediately, the officers and staff of the operation team poured water on the head of the wild elephant and then tied a rope to its legs with the help of the animals, Abhimanyu, Mahendra, Kanjan Bhima, Sugreeva, and Harsha. Then, the captured elephant was dragged from inside the coffee plantation with the help of the animals. While being dragged outside, the elephant was reluctant to come near the lorry and was squirming and pulling the rope. However, Abhimanyu and Bhima, who are experienced in wild elephant operations, managed to push the elephant and drag it back. The captured elephant was loaded onto the lorry using a crane. The captured elephant was shifted to the elephant square.
Chief Conservator of Forests Sonal Vrishni, Virajpet Taluk Deputy Conservator of Forests N.H. Under the guidance of Jagannath Madikeri Division Deputy Conservator of Forests Abhishek, ACFs Gopal and Tahseen, Virajpet Zone Forest Officer Shivaram, Thitimathi Zone Forest Officer Gangadhar, Sub-Zone Forest Officers Raghav, Srinivas, Lokesh, Shashi, R.R. T Elephant Task Force team members participated.
Two elephants captured in 10 days
In the wake of the incident where a coffee grower named Chaurira Ganapathi, a resident of Guhya village near Siddapur under Virajpet Zone Forest, was attacked by a wild elephant in broad daylight, the forest department officials and staff conducted an operation on the 12th and captured the elephant and relocated it. Now, on Sunday, they have captured the elephant that was causing trouble in Kooklur village by working hard in the scorching sun. MLA Ponnanna has expressed appreciation for the work of the forest department which captured it twice. More than a hundred personnel participated in the operation.
Upon learning of the capture of the lone snake, local residents and surrounding villagers rushed to the spot and were seen capturing pictures on their mobile phones after seeing the captured snake.
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