The Forest department has proposed surgery for PT-7, the captured rogue tusker of Dhoni suffering from visual impairment in one of its eyes. Forest veterinarians who examined the elephant, now called Dhoni, expressed confidence that the animal could regain its vision through surgery.
Forest officials said here on Thursday that permission would be given soon to move the elephant out of the kraal, where it has been in confinement since its capture on January 22. A special team of veterinarians with specialists in eye surgery will examine the tusker.
A vet team of the Forest department examined the elephant the other day and certified its sound health.
