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Send The terror of villagers around Pollachi, known for his fondness towards rice, âArisi Raja,â the tusker which killed three persons, including two tribals and ransacked multiple houses, has walked out of the âkrallâ as a calm and composed jumbo now.
âArisi Rajaâ walking out of the krall after training in ATR.
Coimbatore:
More than a year after being captured in November, 2019, the elephant has been trained to become a âkumkiâ. Finally, the majestic âArisi Rajaâ walked out of the âkrallâ from Varagaliyar elephant camp in Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) on Tuesday.
âThe elephant has learnt to be good and obeys the commands of the mahout. Still, one thing the elephant refuses to change is its likeness towards rice,â said N Naveen Kumar Ulanthy Forest Range Officer. The jumbo has also been allowed to mingle with other camp elephants.
‘Arisi Raja’ released from kraal, now a camp elephant
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Elephant ‘Arisi Raja’ being escorted out of the kraal at Varagaliar elephant camp of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve at Topslip on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The elephant nicknamed ‘Arisi Raja’ which the Forest Department captured and kept in captivity at Varagaliar elephant camp of Anamalai Tiger Reserve at Topslip was released from the kraal (wooden enclosure) on Wednesday.
The elephant which earned nickname for its habit of raiding houses and shops for soft food, especially cooked rice or raw rice, was lodged in the kraal after tranquillising and capturing from Arthanaripalayam village near Pollachi on November 14, 2019.
Coimbatore: As many as 20 elephants in the Kozhikamuthi elephant camp of the Anaimalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) were adorned with garlands on Friday to celebrate the Pongal festival.
The forest department decided to curtail elephant Pongal celebrations this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, sources said.. Only 100 people were allowed to visit the elephant camp.
The visitors were screened at the Sethumadai forest check post. “We checked their temperature and gave them hand sanitizers. Fifty-six-year-old kumki Kaleem led the elephant Pongal,” said E Prasanth, assistant conservator of forests.
The visitors were not allowed near the elephants, which were given sweet pongal, sugarcane and coconuts. “The main attraction was Chinna Thambi, the crop raider, who was captured in 2019. However, Arisi Raja was kept in the Varakaliyar elephant camp,” the official said.
Jumbo problem: Living with the elephants December 18, 2020, 2:33 PM IST
This December is turning out to be a nightmare for villagers living along the forest fringes inoimbatore and Nilgiris. On December 12, 75-year-old P Arumugam of Vanjiamman Nagar near Thondamuthur in rural Coimbatore stepped out of his house around 6.30am and was knocked down by a tusker. The same elephant went on to chase two youths from the village who managed to escape. Within a week, a 65-year-old woman was trampled to death on Pannimadai-Varapalayam Road in the district. During the same period, Nilgiris district saw four deaths including that of a father-son duo in elephant attacks. Even as the forest officials intensified patrolling in the villages adjoining forests areas of Coimbatore and sent a team to tranquilise and capture the tusker that killed two in Gudalur, reports came in that two forest personnel involved in wildlife census in Sathayamangalam-Nilgiris border were killed in an e