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The Forest Department connected Sunday (January 25, 2026) rescued a wild elephant that got trapped in a muddy patch of onshore successful a backstage property at Kuppanur in Coimbatore district.
Officials with the Department said the elephant, aged astir 50, was recovered roaming successful quality habitations astatine Kuppanur successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday (January 25). It is believed to person travel from the Boluvampatti block–I reserve forests of Madukkarai wood range, astir 1.7 km away.
A chaotic #elephant was stuck successful mud adjacent Madhampatty, connected the outskirts of #Coimbatore connected Sunday morning. 📸: @peri_periasamy / @THChennai@the_hindupic.twitter.com/LsPHv7Z2XX
— Periasamy M (@peri_periasamy) January 25, 2026According to officials, frontline unit of the Department were tracking the elephant arsenic it was heading towards wood successful the morning. The elephant stepped into a muddy spot of onshore adjacent to a crushed level h2o retention vessel astir 7:30 a.m.
The crushed connected 1 broadside of the vessel was highly moist arsenic operation workers, who enactment successful an adjacent shed made of metal roofing sheets, instrumentality outdoor showers. The elephant got trapped successful the mud and yet collapsed aft making aggregate attempts to determination away, they said.
A squad led by Madukkarai Forest Range Officer R. Arun Kumar brought world movers to the spot and removed ungraded astir the fallen elephant. The carnal was pulled retired utilizing belts attached to a crane astir 10 a.m.
Mr. Arun Kumar said, “Forest Veterinary Officer S. Vennila was treating the elephant to revive it.”
