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more-inElephant lovers have demanded that an exclusive enclosure be set up inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) to release ‘Bharatan SI’, an elephant kept in a temporary kraal at Muthanga under the sanctuary for the past two months. Such an enclosure may also be utilised for releasing habitual crop raiders and wild elephants that strayed into human habitations in forest areas of the State, he said. Moreover, the area is gifted with plenty of vegetation and water to enable the pachyderms to roam free, Mr.
Venkitachalam added. The department should consider setting up a separate enclosure on 60 acre of degraded forestland of the Kurichiyad forest range under the sanctuary, exclusively for releasing captive elephants. They raised the demand in the wake of an abortive attempt of the Forest and Wildlife Department on Sunday to translocate the captured tusker to the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve in Palakkad district..