The Forest Department staff captured a tusker near Dodda Uduve estate near Arehalli in Belur taluk on Tuesday. The tusker would be relocated after being fixed with a radio-collar later in the day.
The department has been conducting an operation since Friday to radio-collar and capture wild elephants that have been roaming in parts of the Alur, Belur, Sakleshpur and Yeslur ranges of Hassan district. So far, it has succeeded in fixing radio-collars on three female elephants and capturing one tusker for relocation. However, one elephant got rid of the instrument that fell off it. On the fifth day of the operation, the team succeeded in capturing the second tusker.
