An animal known to be aggressive has been relocated in India after several deadly incidents involving wild elephants. He now lives in a tiger reserve and is doing well, said Kerala State Forestry Minister A.K. Saseendran, according to the “Times of India” today.
According to the Indian Express, 150 officials were busy catching the elephant for many hours. At the weekend, the wild elephant was finally stunned with arrows.
The residents of the home of the elephant had been demanding resettlement for several months, as reported by the local news agency PTI, among others. According to this, the animal is said to have repeatedly entered houses to get rice there. The Indian Express, citing officials, reported that there had been several fatal incidents involving elephants in the area and the one that was relocated was one of them.
Initially, local authorities wanted to capture the elephant and keep it in captivity in Kerala. However, animal rights activists prevented this plan in court. The keeping of the animals in captivity is criticized, so elephant leaders are supposed to beat the animals so that they accept the dominant position of humans.
