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With the Forest Department yet to capture a wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, in Talavadi Hills of Erode district, farmers, whose crops continue to be raided by the elephant, have expressed concern over the delay. “Forest Department officials said that medicines were changed, and a retired veterinarian was roped in for the operation. “We fear for our lives and the extensive …

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 …

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 …

Two kumkis, Bomman and Sujay, both from Theppakadu Elephant Camp in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, arrived at Talavadi Hills on Monday. The elephants will be deployed in an operation to capture a wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, in order to fix radio collar on it and translocate it to the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Erode district. The wild elephant has been …

A wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, whom the Forest Department failed to capture and translocate, entered farmlands again, and damaged banana and sugarcane crops at the Jeerahalli forest range in Erode district on Saturday. Farmers said that the elephant has moved from forest areas in Diginarai and entered Rangaswamy Kovil, Kalmandipuram and Erahanahalli areas on Friday night and damaged crops and …

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