An elephant that was repeatedly straying into the human landscape abutting Bandipur and causing crop damage was captured by the Forest Department authorities on Wednesday.
The operation to capture the wild elephant was launched on April 28 following a directive by the PCCF (Wildlife) sometime in March after which the authorities took some time to track and identify the animal in conflict.
A release said the said was trapped and captured at 7 a.m. in the Somanathapura reserve forest coming under G.S. Betta range on Wednesday. The operation to capture the elephant involved the camp elephants led by Ishwar, Kanjan, Srirama, Lakshmana from Dubare and Rohith from Ramapura elephant camp.
