kushalnagar foresters

Tourists to watch jumbos from a safe point at a distance of 100 feet

MADIKERI: The wildfire in the green forests around Madikeri and Kushalnagar has been spreading unabated.

Following a demand for Kodagu elephants, General Cariappa, General Thimmaiah, Vali, and Lava of Dubare elephant camp and Maruti of Harangi camp were sent off to Madhya Pradesh by lorries, on Thursday.

Kushalnagar forest staff captured a wild elephant at Chettalli village near here early on Sunday morning.

A pregnant elephant was shot dead allegedly by two people in Rasalpura near Kushalnagar in Kodagu district on Saturday night. The suspects, who are estate owners, are on the run. Police said they might have been drunk when they shot the animal.

Kushalnagar police seized an ambulance and arrested four residents of Madikeri for allegedly transporting precious stones mined from nearby forests.

An elephant that was sent from its natural camp to a biological park has been reinstated at its habitat after almost four years, following a diktat from the central wildlife board.

Villagers and farmers in Mysuru and Mandya are disappointed with the NHAI's Kushalnagar-Srirangapatna bypass project, which has progressed only 7% in six months and lacks a crucial service road. This omission is expected to inconvenience farmers needing access to their fields, despite the project's aim to reduce travel time.

Two motorbike-borne men on a mission to drive away elephants hiding in farmland near Kushalnagar, paid a heavy price with one of them drowning in a freak accident on Sunday morning.