UDHAGAMANDALAM: Wildlife activists have stated the Samayapuram Mariamman temple elephant trampled its mahout to death final week possibly because it was once saved in a wholly new environment. They say that a jungle elephant, regardless that tamed, will have to no longer were despatched to another environment. Forest officers stated the 12-year-old feminine elephant, Masini, brought up within the Theppakadu elephant camp within the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) was once the most obedient of the camp elephants. The activists suspect the mahout’s behaviour was once unfavorable and new commands from him may have aggravated the pachyderm.
G. Gajendran, 42, was once trampled to death round 11am on May 25 on the temple premises in full view of horrified devotees.
In 2006, Masini was once found deserted within the Kargudi range of forests within the MTR. The animal was once round three months outdated when it was once captured. It was once reared within the Theppakadu elephant camp till October 2015 prior to was once despatched to the Samayapuram temple as an alternative to the elephant Mariappan. Due to its abnormal behaviour, Mariappan had been shifted to Top Slip within the Anamalais Tiger Reserve.
Abid Khan, vice-president, Masinagudi Eco Naturalists Club, told TOI, “In 2015 itself, we objected to the moving of Masini to the temple. It has all the time been within the jungle, regardless that tamed. Hence, moving it to a wholly new environment would stress the animal. At that time, the woodland officers did not heed our request. Now they have observed the real result.”
However, a senior woodland professional, on anonymity, told TOI, “Masini used to be docile and very calm when it was once within the Theppakadu camp. Call its title, the elephant shall be there. Such was once its obedience. That was once the explanation it was once despatched to the temple.”
L Sundarrajan, retired assistant conservator of forests, stated, “Masini used to be the most obedient of the camp elephants. It used to accomplish pooja all through the Pongal season. We are shocked to be told in regards to the unfortunate incident within the temple.” He stated the mahout would have behaved in a unfavorable method and given new commands to the elephant.
A mahout within the Theppakadu camp stated, “The idea of being ‘domesticated’ does no longer exist in the case of wild animals. Wild is all the time wild. Also, in relation to elephants, natural feeding is a will have to. Concentrated food is not enough for any elephant.” He added that within the camp, elephants had just right exercise through walking during the woods all day. “Adapting to the weather situation too is demanding for them. Elephants are river animals. They require numerous water. Above all, Masini would for sure have lacked the bonding it enjoyed within the camp. All put in combination would have pressured the animal to show violent within the spur of a second,” he stated.
“Making the large animal, which is supposed to be roaming freely within the woodland, to literally beg throughout the temple premises is indeed unhappy,” stated a wildlife activist.
G. Gajendran, 42, was once trampled to death round 11am on May 25 on the temple premises in full view of horrified devotees.
In 2006, Masini was once found deserted within the Kargudi range of forests within the MTR. The animal was once round three months outdated when it was once captured. It was once reared within the Theppakadu elephant camp till October 2015 prior to was once despatched to the Samayapuram temple as an alternative to the elephant Mariappan. Due to its abnormal behaviour, Mariappan had been shifted to Top Slip within the Anamalais Tiger Reserve.
Abid Khan, vice-president, Masinagudi Eco Naturalists Club, told TOI, “In 2015 itself, we objected to the moving of Masini to the temple. It has all the time been within the jungle, regardless that tamed. Hence, moving it to a wholly new environment would stress the animal. At that time, the woodland officers did not heed our request. Now they have observed the real result.”
However, a senior woodland professional, on anonymity, told TOI, “Masini used to be docile and very calm when it was once within the Theppakadu camp. Call its title, the elephant shall be there. Such was once its obedience. That was once the explanation it was once despatched to the temple.”
L Sundarrajan, retired assistant conservator of forests, stated, “Masini used to be the most obedient of the camp elephants. It used to accomplish pooja all through the Pongal season. We are shocked to be told in regards to the unfortunate incident within the temple.” He stated the mahout would have behaved in a unfavorable method and given new commands to the elephant.
A mahout within the Theppakadu camp stated, “The idea of being ‘domesticated’ does no longer exist in the case of wild animals. Wild is all the time wild. Also, in relation to elephants, natural feeding is a will have to. Concentrated food is not enough for any elephant.” He added that within the camp, elephants had just right exercise through walking during the woods all day. “Adapting to the weather situation too is demanding for them. Elephants are river animals. They require numerous water. Above all, Masini would for sure have lacked the bonding it enjoyed within the camp. All put in combination would have pressured the animal to show violent within the spur of a second,” he stated.
“Making the large animal, which is supposed to be roaming freely within the woodland, to literally beg throughout the temple premises is indeed unhappy,” stated a wildlife activist.
New milieu, commands would have made Samayapuram temple elephant violent, say wildlife activists
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