Wild elephant chased back into the safety of the forest

Operation Jumbo launched by the Forest Department to ship back a wild elephant that had strayed onto Karnatak University campus on Saturday night time lastly succeeded on Tuesday.

After coming into the college campus, the pachyderm subsequently moved to Lakmanhalli locality on Monday giving a sleepless night time to foresters and in addition the residents of the surrounding areas.

On Monday afternoon, the rescue workforce of foresters sensed that the pachyderm was getting dehydrated and splashed water on it. A workforce of 50 forest officers and staff was deployed to maintain a watch on the motion of the elephant and it camped behind the Police Training Academy on Kalghatgi Road the place the elephant was noticed on Monday.

Subsequently, throughout early hours of Tuesday, the tusker was noticed at Nayakanhulikatti and the forest officers, led by Deputy Conservator of Forest Yashpal Ksheersagar, launched an early morning motion to chase the tusker back into the forest.

Traditional drums had been used to scare the elephant and as the motion of autos on the Hubballi-Dharwad Bypass Road was decreased throughout the early hours, they managed to get the elephant cross the bypass highway after which chased it in direction of the forest. They lastly succeeded in getting the pachyderm enter the forest area by means of Mandihaal.

Mr. Ksheersagar stated that a lot to the reduction of the residents, the elephant had been chased back into the forest and there was no must panic now.

After getting separated from a herd, the bull elephant had strayed onto the college campus in search of meals, he stated.

In reality, the forest officers had summoned professional mahouts and veterinary docs from Binkadakatti Zoo close to Gadag and in addition three pachyderms, two bull elephants and a cow elephant, from Sakrebailu Elephant camp in Shivamogga. But the officers didn’t press them into service as earlier than they may achieve this, they managed to get the tusker cross the bypass highway and ship it back into the safety of the forest.

Mr. Ksheersagar lauded the efforts of all these concerned in the operation, together with the foresters who stored a watch over the bull elephant from Sunday itself.