In a large-scale operation in India, an elephant was captured that had killed at least six people while foraging for food. 150 Forest Authority employees were involved in the action on Saturday in Kerale state in the south of the country, the Indian Express newspaper reported. In addition, it required the help of four elephants trained to capture their own kind to push and push the animal, which had been stunned with arrows, onto a truck.
The approximately 30-year-old animal was baptized by residents with the name “Arikomban”, in German “rice elephant”. He was known to loot stores for rice and other grains. Several attempts had been made to capture him. In 2017, he was shot with narcotics, but managed to escape.
Elephant is taken to a sanctuary
Last month, the authorities then wanted to set up a mock rice distribution center to attract the animal. According to the Indian Express report, this plan was blocked by a court. Now that “Rice Elephant” has been captured, he must be taken to an animal sanctuary and fitted with a tracker.
Conservationists blame the spread of settlements in forests and wildlife corridors for the increase in elephant-human clashes. According to government information, more than 60 percent of Asian elephants live in India, with nearly 30,000 animals counted in 2017.
Source: Krone
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