Injured wild tusker captured for treatment without tranquilizer, watch viral video

The nearly 20-year old wild tusker had a wound on its rear that is said to have been caused as a result of being attacked by another tusker, more than a year ago.

Chennai: The capture of wild elephants for treatment or to protect them from harm’s way is an extremely dangerous and complex procedure. In what senior forest officials regard as a first, an injured wild tusker has been loaded onto a truck and taken into a shelter, all without a tranquilizer shot. This two day-operation was successfully completed in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Nilgiris on Thursday (June 17). The nearly 20-year old wild tusker had a wound on its rear that is said to have been caused as a result of being attacked by another tusker, more than a year ago. Doctors attached with the forest department had been treating the elephant from a distance by offering it fruits embedded with medicines, to accelerate healing. As of December last year, officials had noticed that the elephant was healing well.