UP’s Pilibhit Tiger Reserve to get 4 elephants from K’taka
Social News XYZ
May 15, 2022
Karnataka will send four elephants to the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve to conduct
patrolling and other activities, said wildlife authorities.
Sanjay Singh, Uttar Pradesh's chief wildlife warden, said, "The two
elephants were seized by the department officials from private keepers who
did not have valid permission with them. One of them is a 20-year-old bull
elephant which has been living in Phulpur forest nursery at Prayagraj for a
year, while the second is a 50-year-old cow elephant in Jaunpur district.
These two pachyderms are also being provided to Pilibhit Tiger Reserve."
The Pilibhit Tiger Reserve authorities had sought 10 elephants in 2018 as
part of "Project Tiger".
This was reduced to six by the Karnataka authorities in December 2021.
Now with two elephants from Prayagraj and Jaunpur, only four pachyderms
will be taken from Karnataka.
However, the formalities for transporting the four elephants from Karnataka
have been completed, including assigning the contract for transporting them
by truck.
Naveen Khandelwal, Divisional Forest Officer of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve,
said, "The "no-objection" certificates from the Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,
Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh governments through which the elephants will
pass have been obtained. We are now waiting for the early monsoon to let
the high atmospheric temperature dip. We have been issued certain
guidelines for taking proper medical care of pachyderms during the transit
period, which we will strictly follow."
A five-member team comprising a Sub-Divisional Forest Officer, a Range
Officer, one Departmental Veterinary Officer and two other Forest personnel
has been constituted for fetching the elephants.
In addition, six mahouts arranged from Dudhwa Tiger Reserve will also be
leaving for Karnataka a week before the departure of the five-member team,
Khandelwal added.
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