2 straying elephants carry out rampage in Durgapur, none hurt (Kolkata) Millennium Post April 11, 2018 See link <http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/2-straying-elephants-carry-out-rampage-in-durgapur-none-hurt-293918> for photo. Two elephants strayed into Durgapur from Dalma forest and went on a rampage at the Coke Oven police station area on Wednesday morning. This had triggered tension among the locals. The two wild tuskers entered the Karongopara area. They also entered the New Town ship area after passing through Liluahbadh Bustee area. After being chased by the forest personnel, the two tuskers took refuge in the Bidhannagar area. There was, however, no report of any injury in the incident. People went berserk after they spotted the wild animal gazing on the road. Some took out their mobile phones and captured photographs of the two. According to a forest department official, one tusker went towards the Shibpur forest in Kanksa while the other was roaming freely inside the township giving hard time to forest department. The other one entered the FCI colony and carried out some damages. The tusker was finally tranquilised by the Forest Department officials. It took around nearly eight hours for the forest department to tranquilise the animal and later it was lifted on a truck with the help of two cranes. Mamata Forest official had to administer three tranquilisers. It was a difficult time for the police to manage a large number of people gathered there to have glimpses of the wild tuskers. It would be set free at Jhilmili jingle. A senior forest department official in the district said the two elephants entered Durgapur from Bankura by crossing Damodar River. The two elephants were separated from the herd. The forest department had restricted the movement of the elephants further into the city. In a separate incident, fresh pugmarks were found at Rangamati area of Lalgarh on Wednesday morning triggering panic among the villagers. http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/2-straying-elephants-carry-out-rampage-in-durgapur-none-hurt-293918 ------------------------------------- This news service is provided by Save the Elephants. For further information on elephants please see Save the Elephants' web site at http://www.savetheelephants.org ------------------------------------- Disclaimer: Please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of any news story. In addition, we do not endorse any of the views expressed therein. We simply try to represent fairly what is in the media on elephants. If a reader finds inaccuracies in an article, we are happy to circulate corrections, if these can be verified. -------------- *Recipients: You can manage your own subscriptions, including unsubscribing, subscribing, and changing your email address, all by clicking on the appropriate listserv link below. Also, if you feel you are receiving too many emails, you can sign up for the 'Daily Digest' option. Note that archived news stories are linked to at the top of each page.* African Elephant News: http://elephantnews.org/mailman/listinfo/african-elephant_elephantnews.org Asian Elephant News: http://elephantnews.org/mailman/listinfo/asian-elephant_elephantnews.org All Scientific Papers: http://elephantnews.org/mailman/listinfo/allpapers_elephantnews.org