The Forest Department staff members successfully captured a tusker at Devarakeshavi village in Arehalli hobli of Belur taluk on Thursday, January 18. This is the third wild elephant captured by the department this year.
With the assistance of tamed elephants, the staff tracked the animal and captured it after sedating it with a tranquillizer dart. Finally, the animal was captured in a coffee estate belonging to Puttaswamy Gowda. The captured elephant will be sent to the elephant camp at Dubare in Kodagu district.
The department is conducting the operation in Hassan district to capture trouble-causing elephants. The tusker captured on Thursday was roaming in parts of Belur and Sakaleshpur. It had often damaged houses, according to local people.
