Land chosen for houses of mahouts and cavadis of ATR’s Kozhikamuthy elephant camp
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Land chosen for houses of mahouts and cavadis of ATR’s Kozhikamuthy elephant camp

The Hindu  

The Forest Department has finalised the place for construction of houses for the mahouts and cavadis attached to the Kozhikamuthi elephant camp of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Coimbatore district. Mr. Stalin had announced that houses would be built at a cost of ₹9.10 crore for mahouts and cavadis who work at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and ATR, besides giving them a payment of ₹1 lakh each. Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forest, inspected the place finalised for the construction of houses for the mahouts and cavadis of Kozhikamuthi camp on January 28. Ms. Sahu also held discussions with ATR Field Director S. Ramasubramanian, Deputy Director Bhargava Teja, Ulandy forest range officer M. Sundaravel regarding the upgradation of the camp, which attracts large number of visitors.

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Elephant camp at Chadivayal to be ready in four months
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Elephant camp at Chadivayal to be ready in four months

The Hindu  

An elephant camp is coming up at Chadivayal at the foothills of Siruvani with a capacity to handle 20 elephants and the works will be over in three to four months, sources in the Forest Department said. This is the second elephant camp in the plains next to the Elephant Rehabilitation and Rescue Centre at MR Palayam in Tiruchi. In …

New fitness regime for elephants in Konni camp
6 months, 1 week ago

New fitness regime for elephants in Konni camp

The Hindu  

“Edathiyaane,” the mahout attempts to assert his authority. Five in all All five elephants at the training camp, which is also a major tourist attraction, are now undergoing a strict fitness regime involving hours of walking and timber lifting. “The morning walk starts around 6.30 a.m. and continues till around 9.30 a.m. Over time, the elephants have progressed to more …

Forest Department shifts 26 captive elephants from Kozhikamuthi camp due to water scarcity, construction works
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Forest Department shifts 26 captive elephants from Kozhikamuthi camp due to water scarcity, construction works

The Hindu  

As part of a temporary arrangement for summer, authorities of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve have shifted 26 captive elephants from the Kozhikamuthi elephant camp near Top Slip in Coimbatore district to four other places within the reserve. Of the 26 elephants in the camp, one of the oldest in the country along with the Theppakadu camp in the Mudumalai Tiger …

Straying tusker in human habitats in Wayanad driven away to forest
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Straying tusker in human habitats in Wayanad driven away to forest

The Hindu  

Forest department officials drove away a problematic tusker, known among residents as ‘Muttikomban’, to the forest from a human habitat at Panayamabam under the Kurichyad forest range in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary on April 10. Though a team of Forest officials drove away the elephant into the forest at Kallurkunnu with the assistance of three trained elephants of Muthanga elephant …

Makhna captured from Village near Pollachi for translocation
1 year, 4 months ago

Makhna captured from Village near Pollachi for translocation

The Hindu  

The Forest Department captured and translocated a crop-raiding makhna that had been translocated from Dharmapuri to the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in February this year, from a village near Pollachi in Coimbatore district on Monday. The elephant, however, strayed from the ATR forests and travelled over 100 km to reach Perur near Coimbatore city after two weeks. But the elephant did …

Forest Department to capture crop raider makhna for third time
1 year, 4 months ago

Forest Department to capture crop raider makhna for third time

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Forest Department will give a third chance to a crop-raider makhna that was translocated from Dharmapuri to Anamalai Tiger Reserve in February, to live in the wild. The ongoing effort to capture and translocate the elephant for a third time, as it has been entering villages near Pollachi, will give the animal yet another chance to live …

Makhna translocated to Anamalai Tiger Reserve moves towards forest boundary, kumki deployed
1 year, 8 months ago

Makhna translocated to Anamalai Tiger Reserve moves towards forest boundary, kumki deployed

The Hindu  

The Forest Department has deployed a kumki at Saralapathi village near Sethumadai in Coimbatore district to prevent a makhna, which was translocated from Dharmapuri to the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, from straying into human habitations. Forest Department officials said that kumki Rajavardhan from the Kozhikamuthi elephant camp of ATR was brought to Saralapathi village at the Anamalai foothills on Tuesday night. …

Wild elephant ‘Karuppan’ gives forest officials the slip in Talavadi Hills
1 year, 8 months ago

Wild elephant ‘Karuppan’ gives forest officials the slip in Talavadi Hills

The Hindu  

The Forest Department’s attempt at capturing a wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, in Talavadi Hills in erode district failed for the second time in a week, as the darted elephant was not fully sedated and it entered into the forest area. The elephant was tracked in a farm land in Talavadi Forest Range on Tuesday morning and the veterinarians fired a …

Retired veterinarian roped in to capture wild elephant Karuppan in Erode Talavadi Hills
1 year, 9 months ago

Retired veterinarian roped in to capture wild elephant Karuppan in Erode Talavadi Hills

The Hindu  

The Forest Department in Erode district has roped in retired veterinarian N.S. Manoharan to carry out an operation to capture a wild elephant nicknamed Karuppan, in Talavadi Hills, and fix a radio collar on it and translocate it here, on Tuesday. The move comes after the Forest Department’s 100-member team, including veterinarians, failed to capture the elephant during the ‘Operation …

With one operation left to hit a century, celebrated kumki Kaleem of ATR retires at the age of 60
1 year, 9 months ago

With one operation left to hit a century, celebrated kumki Kaleem of ATR retires at the age of 60

The Hindu  

Kaleem, one of the most experienced kumkis in the country and the face of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, retired at the age of 60 on Tuesday. Considered as the most trusted kumki of Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Kaleem has taken part in 99 operations, ranging from chasing wild elephants that enter human habitations to capturing jumbos, across different …

The elephant whisperers of the Western Ghats
1 year, 9 months ago

The elephant whisperers of the Western Ghats

The Hindu  

The Elephant Whisperers, a heart-warming story of a couple Bomman and Bellie, and their unbreakable bond with Raghu, an orphaned elephant, has been nominated in the ‘Documentary Short Film Category’ in the 95th Academy Awards. Filmed in Tamil Nadu’s Theppakadu Elephant Camp at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Kartiki Gonsalves’ documentary shines light on the bond humans and animals can share, …

Three kumkis deployed to capture wild elephant in Erode district, to return, after operation is suspended
1 year, 10 months ago

Three kumkis deployed to capture wild elephant in Erode district, to return, after operation is suspended

The Hindu  

Three kumki elephants that were deployed in an operation to capture a wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, in Talavadi Hills, returned to the Anamalai Tiger Reserve on Sunday. The elephant Karuppan, had caused extensive damage to crops in Talavadi and Jerahalli Forest Ranges, which fall under the Hasanur Division of the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, and was also involved in conflicts with …

Meet the mahouts at Theppakadu camp in Mudumalai who have transformed the lives of their elephants
2 years, 4 months ago

Meet the mahouts at Theppakadu camp in Mudumalai who have transformed the lives of their elephants

The Hindu  

Wasim’s trunk pauses midair as he reaches for a bamboo shoot. “They assist us in mitigating man-animal conflict,” says R Chandana Raju, the Forester is in-charge of the camp, which was established in 1917 by the British. “We use them to drive away wild elephants that stray into human habitation, capture problematic elephants during de-weeding drives in the forest and …

Malasar tribesmen of Anamalai hills chosen for the first ‘Gaj Gaurav Award’ by the Ministry of Forests
2 years, 4 months ago

Malasar tribesmen of Anamalai hills chosen for the first ‘Gaj Gaurav Award’ by the Ministry of Forests

The Hindu  

Malasar tribesmen of the Anamalai hills in Tamil Nadu, who are known for taking up the job of elephant men for the Forest Department, have been chosen for the first ‘Gaj Gaurav Award’ instituted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. According to the MoEFCC, Gaj Gaurav Award is given to recognize good practices adopted by captive elephant …

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