Mysuru: The state forest division desires to shift eight elephants from the Rampur elephant camp within the Bandipur Tiger Reserve to the Previous Safari counter, additionally within the reserve.
The division can hold solely 13 elephants in a camp. Rampur has 21 elephants, together with a calf, and the division is struggling to take care of the elephants in a single camp.
Transferring the elephants to the Previous Safari counter will assist the division in selling ecotourism in addition to in wild animal rescue operations, officers stated. The presence of a big lake close to the safari counter can be a bonus.
The director of the Bandipur reserve, Ramesh Kumar, has knowledgeable state forest minister Umesh Katti throughout his current go to to Bandipur about shifting the eight elephants. Kumar stated the forest division has labored out the price of meals provide and different infrastructure to arrange the brand new camp.
State wildlife board member Malleshappa stated he too had raised the necessity for a brand new camp earlier than the forest minister. TNN