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The elephant nicknamed ‘Radhakrishnan’. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The elephant had been captured in Ayyankolli within the Nilgirs after it had broken homes within the area. It had sustained accidents, and was initially handled on the Varakaliyar camp in Aanamalai.
As the tusker had responded to the therapy by the Forest division veterinarians, it was translocated to the KMTR the place it was launched within the Upper Gothaiyar space, nicely past the Maanjolai tea backyard within the Western Ghats, with a radio collar.
Upper Gothaiyar has ample water and meals for elephants, and the Forest division had beforehand translocated one other tusker ‘Arikomban’ and launched it in the identical space on June 5, 2023.
As their experiment with ‘Arikomban’ was profitable, ‘Radhakrishnan’ was additionally launched within the space. Teams comprising Forest division personnel and anti-poaching watchers adopted the tusker to its new dwelling for a number of days.
The elephant, nevertheless, was discovered lifeless on Tuesday with bleeding accidents on its trunk and mouth. The KMTR officers, nevertheless, had not confirmed its dying then.
Sources within the Forest division stated on Wednesday that the elephant had apparently stepped on a grassy and slippery floor, misplaced its stability, fell from about 25 ft, and sustained a head harm, inflicting its dying.
Published – November 19, 2025 12:32 pm IST
