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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 to be deployed to fix radio-collar on wild elephant Karuppan in Erode’s Talavadi Hills

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 …

The ‘Operation Black’ to capture a wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, in Talavadi Hills, fix radio collar and translocate it was suspended temporarily here on Thursday. This comes after veterinarians fired three tranquiliser darts in the morning and the darted elephant was not completely sedated and entered deep into the forest area. “Also, climatic, biotic, diet and physical factors of the …

The ‘Operation Black’ to capture a wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, and fix a radio collar and translocate it in Talavadi Hills could not be completed on the third day of operation, as the darted elephant was not fully sedated, and it entered the forest area, here on Saturday. K. Rajkumar, Conservator of Forests and Field Director, Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, told …

On the first day of ‘Operation Black’ to track a wild elephant, nicknamed Karuppan, and fix a radio collar on it and relocate it in Talavadi Hills, three teams of the Forest Department identified the place where the elephants takes rest during day time at Akkurjorai forest area in Jerahalli forest range of Hasanur Division here on Thursday. Each team …