Forest employees divert wild elephant into Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (Nilgiris)

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Fri, Jan 27, 2023 6:42 PM

Forest employees divert wild elephant into Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
(Nilgiris)
The New Indian Express
January 27, 2023

A team of forest staff of Gudalur Forest Division diverted the Chelukadi
Makhna into the Devan 2 area near Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) on Thursday.

“The elephant is 40 years old and has been living in the surroundings of
Devarshola for the last four years. We have not received any complaint
about the animal as it has never killed a human and has not attacked anyone
except for a few crops damages.

The animal is not aggressive. It has not chased the forest staff whenever
we chase away the animal. However, an organisation called ‘Save the people’
instigated the people to indulge in protest against the department
demanding the capture of the elephant though the animal is not creating
trouble,” said a forest department official.

According to the official, in the last three months, the same elephant
damaged only three farms. The department has given compensation to one
landowner and the process of handing over compensation to the remaining two
is going on.

The animal was monitored by the team of staff since January 21 using a
drone camera, fox light and megaphone to coordinate with them to divert the
animal inside the MTR. “We have asked the people to inform if they spot the
animal instead of diverting on their own,” said the official.

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Forest employees divert wild elephant into Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (Nilgiris) The New Indian Express January 27, 2023 A team of forest staff of Gudalur Forest Division diverted the Chelukadi Makhna into the Devan 2 area near Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) on Thursday. “The elephant is 40 years old and has been living in the surroundings of Devarshola for the last four years. We have not received any complaint about the animal as it has never killed a human and has not attacked anyone except for a few crops damages. The animal is not aggressive. It has not chased the forest staff whenever we chase away the animal. However, an organisation called ‘Save the people’ instigated the people to indulge in protest against the department demanding the capture of the elephant though the animal is not creating trouble,” said a forest department official. According to the official, in the last three months, the same elephant damaged only three farms. The department has given compensation to one landowner and the process of handing over compensation to the remaining two is going on. The animal was monitored by the team of staff since January 21 using a drone camera, fox light and megaphone to coordinate with them to divert the animal inside the MTR. “We have asked the people to inform if they spot the animal instead of diverting on their own,” said the official. https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/jan/27/forest-employees-divert-wild-elephant-into-mudumalai-tiger-reserve-2541717.html