Arikompan seems to explore new habitat in Megamalai
1 year, 7 months ago

Arikompan seems to explore new habitat in Megamalai

The Hindu  

Wild tusker Arikompan which was translocated from Chinnakkanal to the Periyar Tiger Reserve in Idukki is still roaming the Megamalai region in Tamil Nadu. According to Tamil Nadu Forest department officials, the tusker has been camping in the Megamalai region for the past three days. “The Tamil Nadu Forest department team sighted the tusker around 3 p.m. on Sunday opposite to the temple. “As per the satellite signal, the tusker is now roaming 8 km away from the Periyar border and 5 km from the Megamalai reserve,” said a senior Forest department official. ‘Details not given’ Tamil Nadu Forest department officials complained that the Kerala Forest department did not provide them timely location details of the tusker.

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WATCH | Wild tusker captured in Belur taluk of Karnataka’s Hassan district
8 months ago

WATCH | Wild tusker captured in Belur taluk of Karnataka’s Hassan district

The Hindu  

The Karnataka Forest Department officials, with the help of a team of tamed elephants, captured a wild tusker, which had been causing trouble to local people in a coffee estate at Vatehalli near Arehalli in Belur taluk of Hassan district on Thursday, April 18. #Karnataka Forest Department officials capture a wild tusker at a coffee estate in Vatehalli of Belur …

Wild elephant enters densely populated area near Dharmapuri; tranquilisation risky
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Wild elephant enters densely populated area near Dharmapuri; tranquilisation risky

New Indian Express  

Speaking to TNIE, forest department staff said, “The tusker could have lost its sense of direction at night and have wandered near A Gollahalli. Because of its current position, we are unable to conduct an elephant drive because there is an increasing risk of the tusker wandering into the residential areas in the municipality.” Sources added it would be pointless …

Forest personnel monitor Arikomban’s movement at tiger reserve in Kanniyakumari
1 year, 6 months ago

Forest personnel monitor Arikomban’s movement at tiger reserve in Kanniyakumari

The Hindu  

June 07, 2023 04:45 am | Updated 04:56 pm IST - KANNIYAKUMARI After releasing the tranquilised wild elephant Arikomban in the Lower Gothaiyar Dam area of the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Kanniyakumari district shortly before Monday midnight, the forest personnel have camped there to monitor the movement of the tusker. Since the truck carrying the elephant could not be taken …

Elephant Arikompan captured in Theni district; to be shifted to Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve
1 year, 6 months ago

Elephant Arikompan captured in Theni district; to be shifted to Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve

The Hindu  

Ending an operation that lasted over five days, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department officials successfully tranquillised wild elephant, Arikompan also known as Arisikompan, at Uthamapalayam in the Chinna Ovulapuram reserve forest in Theni district, early on Monday, June 5, 2023. The pachyderm was transported in a truck by Forest Department officials, and as the vehicle entered villages, residents lined up …

Is Arikompan on its way back home?
1 year, 6 months ago

Is Arikompan on its way back home?

The Hindu  

The wild tusker Arikompan is believed to be on its way back to its original habitat Chinnakkanal, when it encountered some major disruptions en route, leading to a diversion of its path to Cumbum town. said elephants were a homing nature animal and the tusker was trying to move back to its habitat at Chinnakkanal. “The expert committee later selected …

Tusker Arikompan enters residential areas in Cumbum; power, transport suspended
1 year, 6 months ago

Tusker Arikompan enters residential areas in Cumbum; power, transport suspended

The Hindu  

Wild tusker Arikompan had entered Cumbum in Theni district, and was seen roaming through the town on May 27 morning, after being spotted near a human habitation in Kumily, Idukki on May 26. Arikompan has been making the rounds along the Kerala -Tamil Nadu border since April 29, when it was released into the Periyar Tiger Reserve. Watch | Elephant …

Kerala’s troublemaking tusker Arikompan still comes for rice
1 year, 6 months ago

Kerala’s troublemaking tusker Arikompan still comes for rice

The Hindu  

Late on May 25, Arikompan made an attempt to return home. Based on this, the Kerala High Court, on April 13, ordered the translocation of the animal first to Parambikulam and then to Periyar Tiger Reserve, after consulting an expert committee. After vanishing into the deep forests for a couple of days, the tusker first emerged at Vannathiparai under the …

Wild tusker ‘Arikompan’ comes close to human habitation in Kumily near Thekkady
1 year, 6 months ago

Wild tusker ‘Arikompan’ comes close to human habitation in Kumily near Thekkady

The Hindu  

‘Arikompan’, the wild tusker that was radiocollared and translocated from Chinnakkanal to Periyar Tiger Reserve in Thekkady because of its penchant for raiding provision shops in Santhanpara and Chinnakkanal panchayats, has now returned to the neighbouring Kumily town worrying forest department officials and local natives. According to forest department officials, tusker ‘Arikompan’ reached around 150 meters at the human habitation …

Arikompan is partially blind, says Kerala Forest dept. report
1 year, 7 months ago

Arikompan is partially blind, says Kerala Forest dept. report

The Hindu  

A report by the Forest department has stated that wild elephant Arikompan is partially blind. Department officials said three teams consisting of four members each had been constituted to trace the elephant physically. According to Forest department officials, within three days the tusker roamed around 20 kilometres within the Kerala and Tamil Nadu border forests. In case the tusker tries …

Arikompan takes a sojourn to Tamil Nadu forests but is back in Kerala now
1 year, 7 months ago

Arikompan takes a sojourn to Tamil Nadu forests but is back in Kerala now

The Hindu  

The radio collar fitted on wild tusker Arikompan, which was translocated from Chinnakanal to the Periyar Tiger Reserve on Sunday, indicate that it went on a sojourn to Tamil Nadu forest and is now back in Kerala forest. Before its translocation to the PTR, the forest department had attached a satellite radio collar to the tusker, which officials say provides …

Tusker Arikompan caught, to be released in Periyar sanctuary
1 year, 7 months ago

Tusker Arikompan caught, to be released in Periyar sanctuary

The Hindu  

A day after they set out to capture and translocate wild tusker Arikompan, the members of the special task force of the Forest department succeeded in the mission after a gruelling day-and-night operation on Saturday. Tranquilised and hemmed in by four kumki elephants, the tusker put up stiff resistance but finally allowed itself to be pushed into the loading bay …

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