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Operation to capture Gudalur elephant extends to fourth day Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA On the trail: Kumki elephants deployed to capture a wild elephant at Pandalur in the Nilgiris on Thursday.   Forest Department’s operation to tranquillise and capture a male wild elephant nicknamed Shankar in Gudalur in the Nilgiris extended to the fourth day as veterinarians did not get the tusker in a conducive condition in close range on Thursday. Though the tusker was seen at Cheppanthodu, near Cherambadi, around 11 a.m. on Thursday, veterinarians could not fire the tranquilliser dart as it moved along with a herd of nine elephants.

Tamil naduForest departmentAdditional principal chief conservatorCoimbatore circleதமிழ் நாடுகாடு துறைகோயம்புத்தூர் வட்டம்