Ending an operation that lasted over five days, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department officials successfully tranquillised wild elephant, Arikompan also known as Arisikompan, in the Chinna Ovulapuram reserve forest, Uthamapalayam, in Theni district, early on Monday.
A large posse comprising officials and ground staff from multiple departments led by the Forest Department had been closely monitoring the pachyderm for the past week, via a GPS-aided radio collar on it. T.N. Additional Chief Secretary, Environment Climate Change and Forests, Supriya Sahu, in a tweet said the tusker has been safely tranquillised in the early hours of Monday, in Cumbum’s East Range forest by Forest Department veterinary surgeons and other officials. She added that the tusker would be translocated to a suitable habitat where officials will continue to monitor the pachyderm.
