Baahubali Elephant is Healthy - Forest Officer

S Venkateshwari
The district Forest Officer has said that Baahubali, the elephant walking around with an injured mouth, is in good health. It was decided to capture Baahubali the elephant roaming with an injured mouth in the Samayapuram forest near Mettupalayam, Coimbatore. The medical team is also ready for this.

In this case, the district forest officer Jayaraj said yesterday about the health of the elephant, "The elephant was seen in the Hulikal Durgam forest area and the adjacent land. Forest personnel spotted an elephant taking food in the area. Elephant dung is also seen. This indicates that the elephant is constantly consuming food.

The elephant is moving at the same speed as it was moving in the past. The elephant is currently in good health. "Once the elephant is found very close, a decision will be made whether to sedate it or abandon the plan," he said. In the Mettupalayam area next to coimbatore there has been a movement of a large single male elephant called Baahubali for over 3 years.

This elephant occasionally leaves the forest and enters the town and eats agricultural crops. The forest staff noticed this elephant walking in the forest near Samayapuram with an injured mouth. Subsequently, separate teams were formed to monitor the movement of the elephant.

The forest department decided to capture the elephant by injecting anesthesia to find out the nature of the wound in its mouth. In this case, yesterday, the forest department found an elephant at the foothills of Nellithurai. The forest department camped at Nellithura forest and divided into different groups to monitor the movement of the elephant.

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