All elephant safari centres shut in Idukki
The Hindu
The Forest Department has issued a stop memo to all elephant safari centres in Idukki.
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The Forest Department has issued a stop memo to all elephant safari centres in Idukki.
The department made the move after a mahout was trampled to death by a cow elephant at Kerala Farm, a private elephant safari centre at Kallar, near Adimaly, in Idukki on Thursday.
Neeleswaram resident Balakrishnan, 62, the second mahout, was killed while he was waiting near the animal to take tourists on a safari.
“ The functioning of all 10 elephant safari centres was stopped on Saturday onwards. The Forest Department will conduct routine inspection of the closed centres,” said Idukki Social Forestry Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Vipindas P.K.
Officials said that 36 elephants were used for elephant safari in Idukki district, and only eight were registered under the Forest Department.
In the State, elephant safari centres were functioning only in Idukki. Most of the cow elephants cannot be used for temple festival purposes. The elephant owners rented out cow elephants to safari centres, a source said.
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