Kathmandu, July 16: Chitwan National Park has installed a satellite radio collar on the wild elephant “Dhrube.” The elephant, which has claimed the lives of 25 people in and around the national park’s buffer zone, was tranquilized with a dart before the radio collar was attached.
According to the park’s Information Officer, Avinash Thapa Magar, the elephant was immobilized using a tranquilizer dart, after which a satellite radio collar was fitted around its neck. Its tusks were also trimmed before it was released back into the wild.
Thapa said the radio collar would enable authorities to obtain real-time information about the elephant’s location and monitor its movements through GPS tracking.
The collaring operation was carried out by a joint team comprising personnel from the Nepali Army’s New Gorakh Battalion, which is deployed for park security, technical staff from the national park, and experts from the National Trust for Nature Conservation.
The park had intensified efforts to locate and monitor the elephant after it fatally attacked 25-year-old Ashika Bote and her four-year-old son, Bharat Bote, in Bharatpur-23 on July 4. According to park officials, adverse weather conditions and dense vegetation delayed the operation to track and tranquilize the elephant.
The national park has urged local residents to remain vigilant, follow official advisories, and immediately inform the concerned authorities if the wild elephant is sighted.
People’s News Monitoring Service.
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