A wild male elephant about 43-year-old was recently captured by the Forest Department near Chennangolli. It was reported that about three days back this wild elephant had attacked and killed a woman.
A special operation team located this elephant in the Devarapura Devarakadu forest and then surrounded it with trained elephants from the Mattigodu, Harangi and Dubare camps. Bheema, Kanjan, Vikram, Prashanth, Srikant and Eshwar took part in the operation.
Dr. Ramesh, Veterinary expert and Ranjan sharpshooter successfully administered a tranquilizer shot to the wild elephant once it was surrounded .
The wild elephant collapsed after running a short distance. Water was sprayed on it to control its health condition.
After some time once the elephant regained its consciousness, the tamed elephants controlled the wild elephants even though it initially resisted. Later with the help of a crane, it was loaded on to a truck and shifted to the Dubare elephant camp.
The operation was led by Virajpet DCF Jagannath and Thithimathi ACF Gopal under the guidance of Dr. Malathi Priya, Kodagu district CCF. Sanketh Poovayya , Karnataka State Wildlife Board member was also present throughout the operation and congratulated the team for capturing wild elephant
The forest department named captured wild elephant as ‘Veda’
