The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Chittoor plans to tame lone elephant crossing Chittoor-Bengaluru highway as kumki
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K. Umashanker
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The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department is capturing a solitary wild elephant to train it as a 'kumki' to help manage human-elephant conflicts. The elephant will be trained by experienced mahouts and eventually deployed alongside other trained elephants to guide wild herds away from human settlements.
The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department has launched an operation in Chittoor district to capture and train a solitary wild elephant as a kumki. The move is aimed at managing the growing human-elephant conflict in the tri-State region, particularly in the Palamaner forest range.
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