It’s a goal for Forest Department in Tamil Nadu as it nets wild elephant Rivaldo
The Hindu
Pachyderm had got used to humans and stayed near village for months
Wild elephant Rivaldo, habituated to living close to humans in the buffer zone of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR), was on Wednesday trapped inside a kraal, a possible first step towards permanent captivity. The elephant had become used to humans as residents regularly fed it a nutritious diet of fruits and sugarcane. It stopped venturing into the forest in search of food over the last few months, preferring instead to roam around the region surrounding Vazhaithottam village. Forest Department officials say the animal was also suffering from health problems, and they had built a kraal (an elephant shelter to restrict its movement, using which it can be trained through a system of rewards and punishments) at Vazhaithottam. The animal was lured with food and led into the kraal, which was promptly shut.More Related News
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