Video: Elephant Strays Into Odisha Town, People Forced To Stay Indoors
NDTV
Panic gripped the town in the early hours of Thursday when a wild sub-adult tusker entered into the human habitation area. The animal was found roaming in the town unable to find the route to return to his jungle habitation inside the Similipal National Park.
A wild tusker from Similipal National Park entered Baripada town in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Thursday forcing people to remain indoors till the jumbo was chased away from human habitation areas. #WATCH | Wild elephant strays into Baripada town of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha. A team of the Forest department is conducting an operation to rescue the elephant pic.twitter.com/RuhVqHWooq
Panic gripped the town in the early hours of Thursday when a wild sub-adult tusker entered into the human habitation area. The animal was found roaming in the town unable to find the route to return to his jungle habitation inside the Similipal National Park.
A viral video showed the jumbo running from one place to another in the town. However, no one was injured in the incident, officials said, adding that the animal had caused some minor damage by breaking iron grills of some houses and boundary walls.
