Coimbatore: Three Kumkis (Chaptive Elept) was brought from the reserve of the Anamalai Tiger to help the Wild Radio Collar Field Department official on Mettupalayam on Wednesday was sent back to the top for rejuvenation.
The Ministry of Forestry said three Kumkis who were brought to Mettupalayam were more than a month ago began to undergo physical changes, including legs and legs, because changes in place to force them to make this decision.
The project for Radio Collar, Gajah has also been postponed to post the rainy season.
The Forestry Department has brought three Kumkis-Kaleem, Venkatesh and Mariappan – from ATR to Mettupalayam to help in the process for the Wild Elephant Radio collar Bauahubali.
Male Tusker Elephants, Baahubali, have become a plane robber known for three to four of the last regions in the range of Methupalayam-Sirumugai forests.
“We decided on the radio elephant collar after we began to receive too many complaints from farmers with plant damage.
Bahubali also get used to humans and eating out of the forest, that it did not respond to one of our scarfs or tactics.
He is also not dangerous, “An Officer Forest Sirumugai, Senthil Kumar.
The decision for radio collar elephant was taken to identify the route and timing out of the forest so that they could send it back at the limit itself and also for research purposes such as the distance inside and outside the forest, why not eat in the forest.
Etc.
“However, for COLLARING radio, we need elephants to come to a suitable place – a place on the plain – at 5 pm.
However, twice approaching darkness and then began to avoid us at all,” said Senthil Kumar.
Rain and turning off further houses plans.
However, at this time two of the three Kumkis began to be physically emphasized.
“Two of them refused to lie down all the time they were in Mettupalayam.
Thus, they developed a foot injury because it stands for days together to gain their weight,” another officer said.
“They can’t adapt to changing places easily,” he added.
Venkatesh Durairaj District Forest officer said “it is necessary to rejuvenate Kumkis.
The job of repairing the radio collar will continue after the right season comes and animals come to a suitable place,”.
“It is also raining here and many rivers and flows in the forest receive high water levels from Ooty region.
At present, Baahubali is in the Nellithurai Reserve forest area, which is a place that is not suitable to improve the collar,” he added.
Bid to Radio Collar Wild Elephant was suspended in Mettupalayam as three Kumkis sent for rejuvenation
