A peculiar combination of factors in the Gudalur landscape, including a predominance of young male elephants could be the one of the variables driving a high number of problematic interactions between
How elephant Shankar was saved by a herd of elephants during a tracking operation in the Nilgiris
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December 24, 2020 11:13 IST
Just as trackers closed in on the rogue elephant to fire a tranquiliser dart, a herd appeared from the forest to save him
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The search is on Tranquiliser kept ready; kumkis deployed at Pandalur M Sathyamoorthy
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Just as trackers closed in on the rogue elephant to fire a tranquiliser dart, a herd appeared from the forest to save him
Where is Shankar right now? What is going through his mind? Is he aware that his dramatic escape left a trail of confusion, and grudging admiration, in Gudalur in The Nilgiris? These are questions only the elephant himself can answer.