Sometimes wild animals roaming around in a populated area, unsupervised, can become a problem for the residents. Such animals pose a risk to people, as they may attack others out of fear of being lost. In the Hassan city of Karnataka, a wild elephant was captured by the forest officials, found roaming in the region of Malnad.
As per an exclusive report by News18, the giant elephant called Seege, was found roaming alone in the regions of Malnad and Semi-Malnad. The animal was finally caught by the department officials with the help of other elephants, Local18 reported.
The operation was carried out in the second week of January, earlier this year. The forest department was determined to rescue the elephant, which got lost from the nearby dense forest. The forest department team, led by Abhimanyu, took the help of eight other elephants for the capture mission. These elephants were named Harsha, Prashanth, Karnataka Bheema, Mahendra, Dhananjaya and Ashwathama, along with a few others. Under Abhimanyu’s leadership, these elephants were used to capture Seege, the lost elephant.
The forest department personnel like the rapid response team (RRT) were able to track the wild elephant after following it. After resuming the operations one Sunday afternoon, the elephant was given anaesthesia injections at around 12:20 am. It was found in the area of Nidigere forest range, in Sakleshpur taluk. The wild elephant fell unconscious after thirty minutes of being captured with the anaesthesia. The rest was handled by the forest department. Reportedly, the elephant ran for kilometres before its capture.
Seege was then transferred to the Dubare Sakane camp in Kushalnagar taluk, Kodagu district, through a lorry, where they were to oversee its taming. Personnel from the forest department itself were given the responsibility to tame the wild animal.
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