Hundreds of people bid adieu to Arjuna, the 64-year-old tusker, who was laid to rest at the Forest Department plantation at Dabbalikatte in Yeslur range in Sakaleshpur on Tuesday, December 5. With that, the magnificent era of Arjuna — one of the most popular elephants in the state — has come to an end.
Arjuna died in a fight with a wild tusker during an elephant capture operation in the Yeslur Range of the forest on Monday afternoon. While the other tamed elephants and the staff did succeed in escaping unhurt, Arjuna fought valiantly with the wild tusker, suffering wounds that caused his death.
