‘Bullet’ turns meek, warms up to mahouts and may be free soon

THE wild elephant Cherambadi Tusker (CT16), which was captured at Ayyankolly in the Pandalur forest range at Gudalur forest division and relocated to Varagaliyar in the Uanthy forest range, has turned less aggressive after completing two weeks in the krall (a wooden enclosure), said forest department officials.

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The jumbo, nicknamed ‘Bullet’ by the locals in Cherambadi and Pandalur, used to cause damage to human habitations, and raid crops in these areas. It was recently tranquilised and relocated over 200 kilometres from Cherambadi to Varagaliyar—a tribal settlement—as per locals’ demand. The officials are planning to release it inside the reserve forest soon. They added that it has begun warming up to the mahouts who feed it fo