— Photo: AFP
New Delhi: In the Indian state of Kerala, the war elephant that killed 6 people to get the popular food ‘rice’ and ‘dals’ was captured.
According to the foreign news agency ‘AFP’, the male elephant was notorious for attacking rice and grain shops in the southern state of Kerala. A team of 150 forest department officials captured the elephant.
Give several tranquilizer shots to tame the elephant. The elephant resisted even after 5 tranquilizer shots.
The elephant has been released in a wildlife reserve with a GPS collar. This was not the first time authorities had tried to capture the elephant, which is around 30 years old.
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