2023-04-30 16:35:00
Indian officials shoot a sedative to capture a young elephant Which caused several shop raids and killed 6 poor people before moving it to the forest in another area
On Saturday (April 29, 2023), India’s Forest Service mobilized a team of more than 150 officers to successfully capture a wild elephant named “Arikomban” (Arikomban) following it raided a shop. in Idukki district, Kerala state, in the southern part of the country several times to steal rice and grain And hurt the poor, at least 6 people have died
According to local media reports in India. This wild elephant resists rigorous handling. was shot with 5 stun bullets and still won’t calm down Officers had to rope their legs and cover their eyes. And it took 4 other well-trained elephants to successfully drive it into a truck. to move it to live in a wildlife sanctuary Ready to attach a GPS collar. to track movements
This is not the first time authorities have tried to capture the elephant. Back in 2017, it had already been shot with a tranquilizer bullet. But then it escaped. while last month Authorities plan to capture him once more. by thinking of setting up a fake rice shop to lure them in But this plan was stopped by the court.
Conservationists blame the expansion of human habitat on forested areas and important wildlife corridors. That is why there are more encounters between humans and wild elephants and other animals.
Last year, Indian officials had to kill. One of the tigers, dubbed The man-eating tiger of Champaran After it killed at least 9 humans in the eastern region of India.
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