Coimbatore: The three kumki elephants brought from Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) to radio collar lone tusker Baahubali in Mettupalayam were sent back on Wednesday.
Forest department officials took the decision after two of the three kumkis, brought to Mettupalayam more than a month ago, suffered leg injuries. The project to radio collar Baahubali has been postponed to post-monsoon season.
The department had brought Kaleem, Venkatesh and Mariappan from ATR to Mettupalayam to radio collar Baahubali, which has been destroying crops in the Mettupalayam-Sirumugai forest range. “We decided to radio collar the elephant after receiving complaints from farmers. Baahubali, which is used to humans, did not respond to attempts to scare it away,” said Sirumugai forest officer Senthil Kumar.
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