Assam: Hand-raised elephants will return to wild

[Guest guest]

I only hope that they have not been TRAINED !!

 

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azam24x7 <azam24x7

Monday, February 26, 2007 3:01 pm

Assam: Hand-raised elephants will return to wild

aapn

 

> http://www.wildlifetrustofindia.org/html/news/2007/070223_hand-

> raised_elephants_will_return_to_wild.html

> Hand-raised elephants will return to wild

>

> Kaziranga, February 23, 2007: WTI (Wildlife Trust of India) and IFAW

> (International Fund for Animal Welfare) will move six hand-raised

> elephant calves today from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and

> Conservation (CWRC) in Kaziranga to Doimari in Manas National Park.

>

> The elephants will be reintegrated to a wild herd in Doimari, after

> they are familiarized to the area.

>

> This will be the first exercise in India after Sri Lanka and Kenya to

> have successfully released hand-raised elephants into the wild.

>

> The elephants will be put on three trucks for their 450 kms

> journey to

> Doimari.

>

> " They will be allowed to move freely in the jungle during day time

> under the supervision of the keeper, and at night they will be

> sheltered in a stockade - built in an area of 1 hectare (about 10000

> sq. meters) for their security. " Dr. N. V. K. Ashraf, Director Wild

> Rescue of WTI, said.

>

> Doimari in Manas is a prime elephant habitat and is far from the

> nearest human habitation – ideal for their release.

>

> Besides, this is the biggest continuous forest habitat (Unfragmented

> habitat) in the north-east region that extends from Assam upto Bhutan.

>

> " All the six elephants are being radio-collared for post-release

> monitoring. Incase there is a problem we can follow them for rescue. "

> Dr. Bhaskar Choudhry, wildlife veterinarian of WTI said.

>

> The elephants are between 6 to 2-and-a-half-years old and were

> hand-raised in CWRC.

>

>

>

> They were rescued at a young age from different parts of Assam and

> have been at the centre for last one to five years.

>

> M. C. Malakar, Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam and D. M. Singh, Kaziranga

> Park Director will be present at their send-off from the centre.

>

> Kampa Borgoyari, Deputy Chief of the Bodo Territorial Council (BTC)

> will receive the elephants in Manas.

>

> The exercise is part of the elephant rehabilitation programme

> initiated by WTI and IFAW with support from the Assam Forest

> Department.

> A six-member veterinary team comprising doctors from the College of

> Veterinary Science, Guwahati, Dr. Bijoy Dutta and Dr. Bhupen Sarma,

> Dr. Bhaskar Choudhry, Dr. Anjan Talukdar, and Dr. Ashraf of WTI, and

> Dr. Raj Jyoti Deka (as independent consultant) will accompany the

> elephants.

>

> A. J. Cady, Director Animals in Crisis and Distress, IFAW, and Vivek

> Menon, Executive Director, WTI will also accompany them.

>

> A. J. Cady, will symbolically release the elephants in Manas,

> signifying their arrival to their new home.

>

> CWRC is India's first multi-species rehabilitation facility set up in

> partnership between WTI, IFAW and the Assam Forest Department.

>

>

[Guest guest]

>I only hope that they have not been TRAINED !!

 

 

They may be on a secret mission to introduce elephant polo to the wild.

 

 

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>azam24x7 <azam24x7

>Monday, February 26, 2007 3:01 pm

> Assam: Hand-raised elephants will return to wild

>aapn

>

>> http://www.wildlifetrustofindia.org/html/news/2007/070223_hand-

>> raised_elephants_will_return_to_wild.html

>> Hand-raised elephants will return to wild

>>

>> Kaziranga, February 23, 2007: WTI (Wildlife Trust of India) and IFAW

>> (International Fund for Animal Welfare) will move six hand-raised

>> elephant calves today from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and

>> Conservation (CWRC) in Kaziranga to Doimari in Manas National Park.

>>

>> The elephants will be reintegrated to a wild herd in Doimari, after

> > they are familiarized to the area.

 

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