The second cannon firing practice for familiarising the Dasara elephants to the loud sound from cannons was successfully completed here on Friday.
This time, the practice was done for 12 elephants as Lakshmi has been ruled out from the festivities as she has delivered a male calf. Another female elephant Chaitra was also not part of the exercise since she had to accompany Lakshmi at its enclosure.
“All 12 elephants were steady and did not get distracted to the sound. Parthasarathy was little edgy during the first round of firing practice but was at ease afterwards,” said Deputy Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) V. Karikalan, who monitored the whole proceedings.
