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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 …

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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 …

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Here Elephants Still Heed The Call Of The Wild
11 months ago

Here Elephants Still Heed The Call Of The Wild

Times of India  

As noon approached, Madhavan and his friend carried the cooked ragi in a white sack from the kitchen to the dining hall and dropped them on the table. This is a daily affair at Theppakadu elephant camp, an open elephant rehabilitation center, where elephants are allowed to roam freely the entire day in the forest and come back for food …

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Kaziranga mahouts caught for consuming rare turtles
1 year, 6 months ago

Kaziranga mahouts caught for consuming rare turtles

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI Three persons engaged as mahouts in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve have been arrested for capturing and consuming a rare species of a freshwater turtle inside the one-horned rhino habitat. Officials said there have been complaints about some employees under the Burapahar Range of the 118-year-old Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, consuming protected species. …

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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 …

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Elephant caretakers mull over boycotting Mysuru Dasara festivities
2 years, 4 months ago

Elephant caretakers mull over boycotting Mysuru Dasara festivities

Deccan Chronicle  

MYSURU: The Karnataka State Government has decided to hold this year’s Mysuru Dasara festivities on a grand note, however, trouble brews as Mahouts and Kavadis are holding a meeting in Dubare Elephant Camp of Madikeri on Tuesday to decide on boycotting this year’s Dasara festivities if their demands regarding salary disparity are not met by the State Government. A meeting …

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In Frames | At the elephant camp
2 years, 5 months ago

In Frames | At the elephant camp

The Hindu  

Kozhikamuthi, a Malasar tribal settlement in the core area of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu, is known for the occupation its men have been taking up for generations — capturing, taming and handling wild elephants for the Forest Department. Text by Wilson Thomas and images by M. Periasamy The elephantmen: Mahouts and assistants in the Kozhikamuthi elephant camp …

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In Frames | At the elephant camp
2 years, 5 months ago

In Frames | At the elephant camp

The Hindu  

Kozhikamuthi, a Malasar tribal settlement in the core area of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu, is known for the occupation its men have been taking up for generations — capturing, taming and handling wild elephants for the Forest Department. Text by Wilson Thomas and images by M. Periasamy The elephantmen: Mahouts and assistants in the Kozhikamuthi elephant camp …

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